Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.-- Mortimer J. Adler
Mortimer Jerome Adler (December 28, 1902 – June 28, 2001) was an American educator, philosopher, and popular author. As a philosopher he worked with Aristotelian and Thomistic thought. He lived for the longest stretches in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, and San Mateo. He worked for Columbia University, the University of Chicago, Encyclopædia Britannica, and Adler's own Institute for Philosophical Research.
But,
In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, and in Australia you have to explain what a writer is. -- Geoffrey Cottrell
Then, how is about Indonesia?
A writer is always a writer, I think. It doesn't matter what you write about or even where you come from. As long as you write from your heart, you'll always have somebody to read what you write.
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hi..
ReplyDeleteterima kasih sudh datang k blog sederhana saya
menulis berkaitan erat dengan membaca
menulis apa saja itu adalah hak setiap manusia
semoga kedepannya indonesia bisa lebih mencintai membaca dan menulis
@Risma: I think so.
ReplyDelete@dwina: merdeka!
Indonesia once had one of a Nobel Prize nominee for literature,that is Pramudya Ananta Toer. His work has been translated into many languages, yet in his own country people were banned from reading his books during the New Order Era. Indonesian people's mind have been dulled and brainwashed by rote learning method that has been imposed for many decades.Now, it is high time for educators and teachers to train their students to read high quality literature, think about it critically and give their response to it instead of feeding them with empty philosophy.
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