Now, unfortunately, there is a contemporary decline in culture and a general laziness of mind that has taken hold in Western societies.
For centuries the classics have formed the basis of education. The best writers from different eras brought us their view of the world, of what was happening in society. They are thought-provoking quality books that thus lead to the development of a person. They are open windows on a past forever gone, but also a journey into the human soul, for example in the eternal battle of good against evil, and many other subjects. They require more attention than a modern novel.
The classics, although one might think otherwise, are still important today. Indeed, it is impossible to understand the innuendos in modern books and films if we have not read the classics to which their allusions relate.
Plus, reading the classics will give you better grammar, richer vocabulary, and general knowledge that will help you in your career.
In his book “The shallows: What internet is doing to Our Brains” Nicolas Carr, who was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 2011, determined that the internet and the way we use it, made us superficial thinkers, who are far less capable of deep, focused, and intense thought than our parents and grandparents.
Reading the classics will allow you to unlearn this superficiality and impatience present in our modern life.
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Also, I read that studies have been done that prove that people reading the classics were happier, so why deprive yourself.
And finally, they are easy to find on the internet. You can even find some on this site if you want. I will add more every now and then, this is only the beginning having decided to read them myself. I particularly liked Dostoyevsky’s “Crime and Punishment” and now enjoy Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” which is relevant today.
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