Which is the right way to read a text?

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gwenevyn
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14 Sep 2007, 6:07 pm

What's your purpose in asking this question? You know that nobody is going to say eisegesis. So where's this train headed?

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14 Sep 2007, 6:22 pm

I don't know, but it's Amtrak.

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14 Sep 2007, 6:37 pm

We don't know where are we going!
The suspense.

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14 Sep 2007, 6:44 pm

How about Ohio?

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14 Sep 2007, 6:55 pm

Normally I make a point of not hopping on trains without knowing where we're going, but if you fine fellows are on board I will make an exception.

The other day I actually saw a train chugging along with dozens and dozens of boxcars with the doors all open. Whenever I see open doors to forbidden places, I can almost taste adventure.

Anyhow. Exegesis.

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15 Sep 2007, 5:54 am

Eisegesis

Exegesis is an illusion, at best. Anything one reads is always interpreted according to - and influenced by - their own ideas and concepts.

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15 Sep 2007, 6:15 am

Zwerfbeertje wrote:

Eisegesis

Exegesis is an illusion, at best. Anything one reads is always interpreted according to - and influenced by - their own ideas and concepts.

Including these:

E=mc^2

PV=nRT

TE=PE + KE

F=Gmm/r^2

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15 Sep 2007, 11:25 am

iamnotaparakeet wrote:

What way is my way?

My guess is that you believe your way is the "right" way, and this thread is just meant to bait people into telling you their way so you can tell them they are "wrong." I'm not convinced you are really interested in knowing how other people absorb what they read.

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15 Sep 2007, 11:56 am

spdjeanne wrote:

iamnotaparakeet wrote:

What way is my way?

My guess is that you believe your way is the "right" way, and this thread is just meant to bate people into telling you their way so you can tell them they are "wrong." I'm not convinced you are really interested in knowing how other people absorb what they read.

RLY? Well you have a right to see things your way!

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15 Sep 2007, 1:25 pm

lol

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15 Sep 2007, 1:26 pm

Depends on the language.
In english, I'd suggest left
to right.

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15 Sep 2007, 1:30 pm

I always read a text or book lying in bed, don't know if that's the right way or not.

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15 Sep 2007, 1:31 pm

Reclining on one's side, on a couch,
whilst being fed figs by one's loveliest
concubines.

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15 Sep 2007, 3:08 pm

iamnotaparakeet wrote:

spdjeanne wrote:

iamnotaparakeet wrote:

What way is my way?

RLY? Well you have a right to see things your way!

Why would you even include the word "right" in your poll question if you didn't think you knew the "right way to read a text?"

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16 Sep 2007, 4:04 am

iamnotaparakeet wrote:

Zwerfbeertje wrote:

Eisegesis

Exegesis is an illusion, at best. Anything one reads is always interpreted according to - and influenced by - their own ideas and concepts.

Including these:

E=mc^2

PV=nRT

TE=PE + KE

F=Gmm/r^2

Mhh, yes, even with those. Their meaning does depend on the conventions that attach meaning to these symbols and the concepts that reader has of whatever it is that is supposed to be associated with those symbols.

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16 Sep 2007, 10:40 am

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