COMMONPLACE BOOKS
How to Start a Commonplace Book?
The commonplace book is one of the essential tools in our Self-Learning kit. It is a method to compile Knoweldge by writing useful information in a notebook.
Commonplace book concept originates all the way from Aristotle form of argumentation.
Checkout my video - a Beginner's Guide on how to start a Commonplace Book structured by topic based on Thematic Heading and an effective Indexing system for data retrieval.
Secrets found in Marginal Notes...
Also know as Marginalia... are hard too miss and trigger curiosity!
Containing Hints & Clues, they are considered an important Leaning Aid to process your subject matter efficiently.
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Marginal Notes proves as improtant as the body of the text...if not more!
John Locke (1632-1704)
Scholars regarded John Locke as the "Master Note-taker"
"Locke's methodical note-taking pervaded most areas of his life."
Locke argued that a notebook should work like a “chest-of-drawers” for organizing information, which would be a "great help to the memory and means to avoid confusion in our thoughts
Locke kept several notebooks and commonplace books, which he organized according to topic.
