Hardcore Literature Ep 58 - How to Make 2023 Your Greatest Reading Year (and Lessons from the Great Books)
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Jan 29, 2023 AI Snips
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Personal Reform Precedes Social Change
- George Eliot's Middlemarch teaches that social reform should begin with personal reform at home.
- Individual habits and private actions ripple outward and shape broader society.
Fiction Mirrors Human Trajectories
- Character trajectories in great novels mirror human ups and downs and teach empathy.
- Reading long forms lets us experience change alongside characters and understand our own shaky arcs.
Literature Transcends Binaries
- Great literature dissolves binaries and uncovers universal human truths beyond identity markers.
- Characters serve as masks revealing shared human experiences across time and culture.