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When early books began to include this new thing called an "index" scholars decried that people could now simply look-up the fact they were looking for without
by janandonly 4y ago
When early books began to include this new thing called an "index" scholars decried that people could now simply look-up the fact they were looking for without reading and understanding the context[1].
Whether the context here is the whole book or the whole chapter, I'm not sure off. But again, there is noting new under the sun[2].
[1] https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324002543 https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324002543
[2] https://www.jw.org/finder?wtlocale=E&pub=Rbi8&srctype=wol&bible=21001009&srcid=share https://www.jw.org/finder?wtlocale=E&pub=Rbi8&srctype=wol&bi...