{"title": "The Art of Study", "key": "/works/OL5595084W", "authors": [{"author": {"key": "/authors/OL1346716A"}, "type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}}], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "covers": [13286881], "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "It's a snall book with a lot of useful study tips. The essence of the system is to put ideas into groups that have an \"organic unity\". Then it's a matter of condensing the ideas and making them memorable. Memory aids include: creating mental images to illustrate important concepts; rewriting material in your own words; asking yourself questions about the material; writing your own thoughts about the subject.  The book was written in the days when pen and paper were the default study tools, but it's easy to use *The Sorbonne Method* on a computer. The author, Edmond Bordeaux Szekely had a wide range of interests, so as well as showing readers **how** to study, he outlines seven departments of things worth studying, ranging from disease prevention to spirituality."}, "subjects": ["organic unity", "methodical", "memory", "summarize"], "subject_places": ["Paris", "Sorbonne University"], "subject_times": ["Effective study habits for academic work and life in general."], "latest_revision": 3, "revision": 3, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-10T10:42:49.909917"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-03-31T03:04:50.317306"}}