Intellectual Development

Since the dawning of mankind, humans have sought to expand the capabilities of thought. The human brain is a powerful organ that has an almost limitless capability of memory and processing power. The more the brain is used, the more it can retain and process. The most efficient method for expanding the capabilities of the mind is through reading, or listening to the thoughts, principles, and laws of various subjects.

In our modern civilized and industrial society, our brains are the single most important factor in determining our livelihood and wellbeing. The more we understand about how our society works, the better off we will be financially, socially, and physically.

In the peak of the enlightenment, the greatest minds of the day boasted more about the size of their libraries than about the amount of their net worth. A person's intellect was respected far greater than their money, although most persons of the day who strove for a superior intellect acquired both.

The founding fathers of the United States of America were intellectual giants. They pursued strict regimented study of books and works through-out their entire lives. The highest priority was given to the study of subjects, giving them a well rounded understanding of the world in which they were born into. Without the disciplined self study that they engaged in, the US would have ended up as an outpost of Great Britain, not the superpower of the world that it is today. One only need tour the monuments of the founders or read the biographies to grasp the amount of intellectual power that these men wielded.

How big is your library?