[cubefox]

Schopenhauer made a similar point in his essay "On Reading and Books".

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/On_Books_and_Reading

https://fs.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Arthur-Schopenhau...

[dredmorbius]

Huge fan as well of Schopenhauer's "On Authorship":

<https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Literature/On_Auth...>

[ctchocula]

A fascinating read. Thank you for sharing!