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The author in the quote wrote «understanding», whereas the poster here is talking of «compress[ion]», and the two are very different. Understanding a text is n
by mdp2021 2y ago
The author in the quote wrote «understanding», whereas the poster here is talking of «compress[ion]», and the two are very different.
Understanding a text is not memorizing a details-fuzzy version of it.
- basch 2y agoat some threshold understanding becomes memorization which becomes the ability to recite it. it's not two different things, its points on a spectrum.
- mdp2021 2y ago> becomes Why should it? "The artist sees in the wild horse a metaphor of death, as expressed in the fleeting image painted with solemnity, stillness and evanescence". That could be a (sketchy) example of understanding - and it does not need a verbatim or interpolated text to be there.