On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books Format:Paperback Martin (KingdomPoets

Martin (KingdomPoets

Poetry can help us fathom the depths of Advent's many paradoxes: dark and light

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On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books Format:Paperback Martin (KingdomPoetsReading great literature well has the power to cultivate virtue. Great literature increases knowledge of and desire for the good life by showing readers what virtue looks like and where vice leads. It is not just what one reads but how one reads that cultivates virtue. Reading good literature well requires one to practice numerous virtues, such as patience, diligence, and prudence. And learning to judge wisely a character in a book, in turn, forms the