The silent reading comment is very interesting. I'm currently reading Augustine's Confessions, and it's quite interesting. Augustine makes very modern observati

The silent reading comment is very interesting. I'm currently reading Augustine's Confessions, and it's quite interesting. Augustine makes very modern observations of a very ancient society. For example, when he first describes Ambrose of Milan he finds it remarkable that Ambrose reads silently rather than out loud. It seems like the norm in ancient Rome was to read out loud, even in private.