Sunday, March 17, 2024
Conscious addition: Barzun on reading
"Reading of course can easily be nothing more than a way to kill time; but if it is calculated and intense, it is a steady extension of one's life.
If life is measured by consciousness, one whose mind is full lives longer than one whose mind is empty — just as one who is awake 18 hours a day lives longer than one who sleeps away every 12 hours.
You can add to life by adding to the quantity of conscious moments through reading."
— Jacques Barzun
https://substack.com/@poeticoutlaws/note/c-51709813?r=35ogp&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
If life is measured by consciousness, one whose mind is full lives longer than one whose mind is empty — just as one who is awake 18 hours a day lives longer than one who sleeps away every 12 hours.
You can add to life by adding to the quantity of conscious moments through reading."
— Jacques Barzun
https://substack.com/@poeticoutlaws/note/c-51709813?r=35ogp&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
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