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Note-Taking & Invention

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Note-Taking & Invention

Note-taking is a way to generate new ideas, not just a form of recording. Invention is a canon (or category) of rhetoric, studied since…

Lance Cummings
Jan 31, 2021
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Note taking is a way to generate new ideas, not just a form of recording. Invention is a canon (or category) of rhetoric, studied since Ancient Greece. Modern society often sees notes and writing mostly as a way to communicate or store ideas. Rhetoricians see writing as a way to come up with new ideas. …

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