Performing Excellence in the Humanities: The Funding Initiative ‘Opus Magnum’ of the VolkswagenStiftung

Reading is – as the renowned neuroscientist Ernst Pöppel points out – one of the most unnatural activities for the brain. In his opinion, to read is to abuse the brain. Reading is not inherent to human nature, it is a human invention made possible by the flexibility of the brain (Pöppel 40f.) No dou...

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Zusammenfassung:	Reading is – as the renowned neuroscientist Ernst Pöppel points out – one of the most unnatural activities for the brain. In his opinion, to read is to abuse the brain. Reading is not inherent to human nature, it is a human invention made possible by the flexibility of the brain (Pöppel 40f.) No doubt, books have become the ultimate physical evidence of this invention, and it conquered civilization long before the Gutenberg revolution. Already in the Old Testament, we find the notion of the “Book of Life.” Those whose names are written in it will have life and spend eternity in