We invite you to share in an exploration o f highly regarded classics of literature\, history and philosophy through a discussion technique known as &ldquo\;Shared Inquiry.&rdquo\; Selections are from Great Conversations 6\, available for purchase at the M ain Library front desk at the reduced price of $10\, thanks to a generous donation from the F riends of the Library.
\nThe great British portrait painter Sir Josh ua Reynolds presented &ldquo\;Discourse#7&rdquo\; at an awards ceremony at the Royal Academy of Arts held in the momentous year of 1776. He begins t he Discourse with a statement to young art students that &ldquo\;the indus try I principally recommended is not the industry of the hands\, but of th e mind.&rdquo\; How to cultivate the mind? By making reading a &ldquo\;fav orite recreation of leisure hours\,&rdquo\; AND with &ldquo\;conversation of learned and ingenious men\, which is the best of all substitutes for th ose who have not the means or opportunities of deep study.&rdquo\;
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