Mortimer Adler on The Virtues
This is a good, brief listen for a big education:
Mortimer Adler
Four Questions to Instantly Improve Your Reading
Mortimer Adler says that the core of good reading can be expressed in these four questions the reader asks a piece of writing:
1. WHAT IS THE BOOK ABOUT AS A WHOLE? You must try to discover the leading theme of the book, and how the author develops this theme in an orderly way by subdividing it into its essential subordinate themes or topics.