Were commonplace books used for connecting different fields of knowledge?

Nov 22, 2024 ... In his book, Allen pointed to the emergence of printed common-place anthologies, which he characterizes as “exemplars of advertising's most ... Nov 18, 2017 ... According to an article titled “How and Why to Keep a Commonplace Book,” by Ryan Holiday at Thought Catalog, “A commonplace book is a central ... May 1, 2018 ... In evaluations at the end of the semester, students reported that the daily commonplace assignment took them no more than 10-15 minutes to ... I did my undergraduate and masters degrees in English Literature (at Exeter and Oxford respectively), and adore books and writing more than anything else. I'm ... Aug 31, 2024 ... Commonplace books, versions of which have been around since Greek and Roman antiquity, serve as print repositories for the intellectual ... Apr 3, 2023 ... For centuries, authors and thinkers have kept commonplace books: focused journals that serve to collect thoughts, quotes, moments of ... May 9, 2013 ... This was a kind of scrapbook, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, into which people would copy items of interest to create a personal trove of valuable ... A wonderful companion for your reading life! Inside you will find space for recording books you have read, reading challenge progress, as well as all your ... Mar 17, 2015 ... Commonplace books are a delightful activity to record favorite books, authors, quotes, reading notes, poems, Scriptures, anthology of passages, and many other ... Commonplace Books: Networked Knowledge and Combinatorial Creativity. Commonplace books are personal knowledge libraries; notebooks full of collected ideas and ...