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Confronted with the choice between having time and having things, we__e chosen to have things. Today it is a luxury to read what Socrates said, not because the books are expensive, but because our time is scarce.
Gabriel Zaid So Many Books: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance
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Confronted with the choice between having time and having things, we__e chosen to have things. Today it is a luxury to read what Socrates said, not because the books are expensive, but because our time is scarce.
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Gabriel Zaid

So Many Books: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance

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