> I don't think there are very many people left in the world who read in the way that Schopenhauer is criticizing in this essay. In what way? I think that it's

> I don't think there are very many people left in the world who read in the way that Schopenhauer is criticizing in this essay. In what way? I think that it's much more prevalent nowadays for people to read many things and passively/non-critically accept them, which I feel you were describing (albeit among academics).