What is a Commonplace Book? (Philosopher Explains)

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  • čas přidán 20. 06. 2024
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    Commonplace books are back! This is an ancient method of collecting and storing information that goes all the way back to Aristotle. Today, commonplace books are enjoying a massive resurgence, thanks in large part to CZcams! In this video I cover a bit of the history and then classify the four species of commonplace books.
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    0:00 - Intro
    0:38 - History of Commonplace Books
    2:46 - What are Commonplace Books Good For?
    3:42 - Why I love Lingoda
    5:19 - Classifying Commonplace Books
    7:36 - General Manuscript Commonplace Book
    8:17 - Specific Manuscript Commonplace Book
    8:58 - General Printed Commonplace Book
    10:30 - Specific Printed Commonplace Book
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Komentáře • 294

  • @ParkerNotes
    @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci +11

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    • @Doctor.T.46
      @Doctor.T.46 Před 5 měsíci +2

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  • @fruitynio6597
    @fruitynio6597 Před 5 měsíci +169

    Hey, just wanted to say that through you I finally figured out how journaling works for me! I was always so overwhelmed with people promoting these beautiful and aesthetic and colourful journals but now I got myself a small pocket notebook and I just write in it with black pen whenever I have a thought I'd like to keep :). It's been helping loads with my anxiety and I just want to thank you for that!!

    • @jameersalz
      @jameersalz Před 4 měsíci +8

      That's the way to do it. A proper journal doesn't have to be clean and good looking. It's something you use on a daily basis, so it's supposed to be simple as it should be normal for it to look used and maybe a bit messy. People showing those very beautiful, colourful journals are too much about perfection from my point of view. However I get the point that maybe it's also a motivation for them to make it look good - for me though it only builds up pressure (in terms of living up to the standard). And tbh. I kinda got to the point where I even like the messy, kinda worn down look. It shows I used it, it lived and it feels good to see that. Sometimes though, when I have really important stuff in there I write it in an extra journal so I can elaborate on things a little further and read it more easily (because I sometimes struggle to read my own handwriting)

  • @DAG_M
    @DAG_M Před 5 měsíci +79

    📓 The fact that history of common placebook is so rich is just mind - boggling. How is it possible that simple notebook has so much philosophy behind it? Just captivating.

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci +9

      🙌 right?! I love it. So glad to share this stuff after I learned of it!

    • @LazyStory
      @LazyStory Před 2 měsíci

      But it is incorrect what he tells in this video. - He make up history, before books where invented!

    • @DAG_M
      @DAG_M Před 2 měsíci

      @@LazyStory Any source?

  • @robbinsdrones
    @robbinsdrones Před 5 měsíci +23

    "I'm creating my own favorite book" @ 10:24 ...that is a fantastic concept, will have to start a Common Place Book! Thanks for the knowledge.

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci +1

      I was hoping someone would like that!

  • @quinnarnoldmusic
    @quinnarnoldmusic Před 5 měsíci +18

    I’ve only watched a few of your videos and I feel like I’ve finally found someone who can accurately articulate the things that constantly float around in my brain. Your explanation of knowledge in this video almost felt like someone was breathing fresh air for me. Thank you for your content, I for one am benefiting a ton from it.

  • @Im_begging_you
    @Im_begging_you Před 2 měsíci +4

    I keep notebooks for language learning and i can confirm its obe of the best ways to learn a new language when done correctly.

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 2 měsíci

      🙌🙌 this is great to hear! Thanks for sharing this

  • @akami397
    @akami397 Před 5 měsíci +27

    Hello! I love your videos so much! The commonplace book that you call "Printed" I call them "Copied Text" or "Transcript Text" 📓

    • @skaus2184
      @skaus2184 Před 5 měsíci +3

      Transcription flows quite well.

    • @dezs-diary
      @dezs-diary Před 5 měsíci +3

      I also call them reference / copied text! Makes the most sense to my brain

    • @thepostgradyear
      @thepostgradyear Před 5 měsíci +4

      I wish I saw this before commenting basically the same thing lol
      When I heard printed I thought literally printed so idk about you guys but I think any word is better than printed

  • @meepmorprobotcaptain
    @meepmorprobotcaptain Před 4 měsíci +4

    The "genus/species" + Punnet Square demonstration of differentia was SO HELPFUL in understanding what a commonplace book might be for. This makes the idea of starting one MUCH less daunting, because it's easy to say, "this is X type of book, not Y type of book, and that's okay." Thank you for this!

  • @lawrenceeady3701
    @lawrenceeady3701 Před 5 měsíci +3

    📓 thank you! I’ve been struggling to find a rhythm between journaling, learning, and capturing thoughts on myself and feelings and your videos have been very helpful to show me different pathways than cramming all these matters in one notebook! I appreciate what you’re doing for us :)

  • @JosephDickson
    @JosephDickson Před 5 měsíci +1

    Thanks, breaking these down into a species is clever and helped me wrap my head around what a common place book could be.

  • @Spitounet34
    @Spitounet34 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Congrats for the 100k subs, keep up the good work man, deserved it.

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci +1

      Thank you! I was pretty excited when I watched it turn over 😄

  • @emielou
    @emielou Před 5 měsíci +8

    Another brilliant video. I always appreciate the time you spend finding the history on such things to share with us, I always make notes, and it increases my knowledge base as well. It also helps that I am an avid collector of notebooks:D

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci +1

      This is so encouraging!! Thank you for this! So glad to find other noteheads like me out here haha

    • @Emilywilson10222
      @Emilywilson10222 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I always make notes when watching his videos too! I especially love when I can write commonplace notes in my commonplace, feels very satisfying 😂

  • @suebrown3194
    @suebrown3194 Před 5 měsíci +1

    You've inspired me to resurrect what I now know is my general printed commonplace book. 📓 😊

  • @adeliamyers5270
    @adeliamyers5270 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Thank you for this video! The explanation of each species was very helpful, and you've motivated me to start a general printed common place book!

  • @justme9514
    @justme9514 Před 5 měsíci

    Thank you , you helped me with my 'deep thoughts' journal as a writer, now I'm going to start a manuscript Common Place 📖 for article ideas on a specific topic.
    Yes, ✔️ I'd like more videos on each book.
    Much love from Europe 💁🏽

  • @MichaelMechsner
    @MichaelMechsner Před 5 měsíci +3

    📓I use a "Common Place Book" for each book that I am presently reading (as a fellow philosopher/theologian I usually read more than one book at a time). Each one is a combination of your "printed" and "manuscript" species. I do the same thing if I am researching a specific topic and reading articles and book snippets for the purpose of writing a sermon or article on the specific topic or scripture. I use an 11 ring note book (size A4) with pages that I can rearrange as I begin to formulate a specific topic or response. When I finish the book or topic, the pages get put into a file folder and are filed. But it is great to learn how others arrange their note organizing and thought processes - Thanks.

  • @benmcgrath1770
    @benmcgrath1770 Před 5 měsíci +7

    I've never heard of commonplace books but i think the idea of keeping your favorite quotes all in one place is great. I read a lot of different books and I always mark my favorite quotes and passages with post its, so i will definitely start one to collect them. Maybe you could call the 'printed' commonplace book an anthology of sorts?

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci +1

      Thanks for this! I'm still resistant to 'anthology' because I'm trying to get clear on what the term really picks out. Been thinking about it for a while. Still gotta chew on it more. Thank you!

  • @r44inspector44
    @r44inspector44 Před 5 měsíci +4

    📓I am really new to "commonplace" notebooks, and your channel came up for me in the algorithm. I didn't know that king of notebook had a "name". A couple days ago I watched one of your videos where you were talking about having different commonplace books for different topics, and in that video you mentioned your "diary" that must be burned upon your death. That video was so helpful to me, and I finally "got it". I have now started three commonplace books (moleskine 2024 daily) two are pocket size and one is a large size to add my own thoughts. Thank you very much for these explanations. I get it now!! 😄

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci +1

      Let's goo! This is so cool! Thanks for taking a chance on that first video of mine that got you started 🫡

  • @oregonfelder1
    @oregonfelder1 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Yes, journaling has found some added steam lately. So much anxiety around social media is driving a resurgence of all things analog. I for one am using journaling to center and ground my chaotic mind a bit. I work in a tech role and disconnecting my digital attention for a bit of self-reflection is improving my mood; and sleep of all things.

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci

      Really great observation! Glad to hear it's working for you, I've had the same experience 🤝

    • @paulagoldberg1103
      @paulagoldberg1103 Před 5 měsíci

      Yes! I am a tech fan, rapidly moving back to writing on paper and hand made art, drawn, painted and inked. Mark making is a great way to center yourself, whether through words or drawing, abstract or realistic figures.

  • @JohnnyHofmann
    @JohnnyHofmann Před 5 měsíci +2

    Awesome video as always Parker! 📓

  • @Gambl_25
    @Gambl_25 Před měsícem +1

    📓 awesome video, you’ve helped me tremendously with figuring out how to keep a journal and what to do with my loads of barely-used notebooks around my room. Thank you again!

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před měsícem

      Fantastic!! My pleasure, so glad you've benefitted

  • @Eli-jl2qu
    @Eli-jl2qu Před 3 měsíci +3

    Great video¡ I have been taking notes on pieces of paper and then notebooks for a long time and realized that it helps me a lot because thats how I work, and I´ve been wanting to do it in a more organized way. This is probably the fifth video I´ve seen in a row about the subject and it was the best (it made me take notes). Thanks

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 3 měsíci

      Yes! This is incredible feedback! Thank you, so glad you benefited

  • @TheBaldThinker
    @TheBaldThinker Před 5 měsíci +2

    You are the greatest Mr Park! 📓

  • @KasparMesikapp
    @KasparMesikapp Před 5 měsíci +2

    📕Great video, and would love to see separate videos detailing each commonplace book subcategory

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci +3

      🫡 thank you!! I'll do it🙌

  • @keithrezendes6913
    @keithrezendes6913 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Love this channel. I will start a commonplace pens and commonplace coffee mugs. 😜 thx you😊

  • @EdRivis
    @EdRivis Před 5 měsíci +1

    📓 Another inspiring video thank you. I’ve got notebooks galore and never considered how they could fit into four categories like this.

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci

      Thank you! I'm so glad to find other notebook people out here!

  • @Free-do6cn
    @Free-do6cn Před 5 měsíci +1

    i find your videos very interesting, thank you

  • @straya520
    @straya520 Před 5 měsíci +4

    📓 After watching a video you had made regarding a CPB for quotes; I had been in deep thought over what it could be called. Unexpectedly, while watching a Ryan Holiday video on Epictetus, he mentions a book of his called the Enchiridion. That won me over once I delved more into its meaning. Of course you can use whatever you want, but that's what I'm calling mine! Love your videos!

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci +2

      That sounds so epic. Thanks Epictetus lol. I'll look into it more! Thank you!!

  •  Před 5 měsíci +2

    ¡Gracias!

  • @IZSIN222
    @IZSIN222 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Your channel is exploding and I love it!!

  • @Doctor.T.46
    @Doctor.T.46 Před 5 měsíci

    That is absolutely brilliant Parker. I thoroughly enjoyed that presentation. With my philosophical notes, and because I keep all my books and articles, I record just the reference of where to find a quote, and the topic area where I would use it...
    For example using the example you gave about syllogisms and consciousness, I would write the syllogism by Chalmers and then a series of references to support it. Then the syllogism by our mutual friend Keith Frankish and supporting references. Two separate notebooks may be used for two competing arguments.
    Thank you again Parker. Best wishes.

  • @jovelcrisostomo
    @jovelcrisostomo Před 5 měsíci +3

    📓 This is such an awesome breakdown of commonplacing. It seemed like a funny concept to me when I started seeingbit pop up amongs the journal/planner community ❤

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci

      Oh I'm so glad! I'd been doing it by myself for like 10 years. Then I discovered lots more people were doing it here on CZcams but saw people calling it a fad so I wanted to explain CPBs in more detail to give them their due

  • @shelby5725
    @shelby5725 Před 5 měsíci +3

    I use a zettlekasten through obsidian for manuscripting and keeping quotes attached to their specific subjects and other ideas, but I’ve been keeping a printed general CPB to replace my phone bc of your videos 🌻

  • @MahaFreja
    @MahaFreja Před 5 měsíci +2

    I'm tempted to create a commonplace book for commonplace books :) Thank you, very informative.

  • @reflectwithrenee
    @reflectwithrenee Před 5 měsíci +1

    📓✍🏾📝😁🥳
    I never maintained an official commonplace book...
    but I'm sure motivated to start now! Thank you!

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci

      🙌🙌🙌 that's awesome!! So glad to play a role in your journey!

  • @Trecester
    @Trecester Před 4 měsíci +2

    Great post 📖 commonplace books. It help a lot. I think I understand how to do it now.
    It would be great for more expansion on the topic.

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 4 měsíci +1

      So glad you liked it! I'll do more vids on them

    • @thefulcrum
      @thefulcrum Před 4 měsíci

      Any questions coming up for you as you start to create a commonplace book?

  • @earmit007
    @earmit007 Před 5 měsíci +2

    📓 a specific manuscript commonplace book is probably going to be my first foray into the practice

  • @tanwenward9664
    @tanwenward9664 Před 4 měsíci

    I genuinely wish I had discovered this concept at the beginning of my PhD studies. I'm using a grounded theory methodology, and there's a lot of focus on "memoing" where you write about your methodological process, your observations of the data, your theoretical development and then use those in the development of your theory, theoretical framework and resulting manuscript. I always felt a bit weird about memoing, it never really felt natural to me mainly because I couldn't wrap my head around the concept. Treating memoing like a specific manuscript CPB would give a great framework for people who are learning to use grounded theory in research projects. Thanks for the informative video - would definitely love to see a video that goes more in-depth into the specific manuscript CPB.

  • @webchigo
    @webchigo Před 5 dny +1

    📓 Thanks for sharing.

  • @bluestar.8938
    @bluestar.8938 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Thank you : )

  • @koalaskrypin
    @koalaskrypin Před měsícem +1

    Yes! Please make vids om each of them, subscribing for that! 📚

  • @EBTV_23
    @EBTV_23 Před 5 měsíci +1

    📓 Great Video. Will probably start using my own quote book as I have loads in multiple places (paper and digital) but making my own book for this is a good idea . Thankyou

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci

      Awesome! Yeah it's really nice to have them all together!

  • @alberto._.banderto5491
    @alberto._.banderto5491 Před 5 měsíci +2

    park notes on top!

  • @dillonkazemi7795
    @dillonkazemi7795 Před 5 měsíci

    Imagine how much simpler your life would be if you used a Remarkable.
    Great video!

  • @yisushc9822
    @yisushc9822 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Great video, as always delivering big chunks of wisdom and knowledge in an easy to digest format.
    By the way.. Could another word for the "printed" category be "distilled"?

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci

      Thank you! I'll chew on that new name!

  • @KarenPok
    @KarenPok Před 4 měsíci

    Do you have any video teaching how to use the plyabook, or showing more about it? I saw some photos on the website, but still looks like a more of information and I'd like to understand it better how we can use each page :) thank you!!!

  • @tommy2051
    @tommy2051 Před 5 měsíci +1

    i love your videos!

  • @MagiMagi1212
    @MagiMagi1212 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Just bought two pocket notebooks because of you

  • @MrSpook-vr4yi
    @MrSpook-vr4yi Před 5 měsíci +2

    Hey Mr. Park, Would you mind listing the books you showed in the intro? I'd be interested in reading them!

  • @captainclick
    @captainclick Před 4 měsíci +1

    I actually learned something from watching a CZcams Video, thanks boss!

  • @kan-zee
    @kan-zee Před 5 měsíci +1

    12:05 ... *Cerebri Studiis* or *Cerebri Studiorum* (Cerebral Pursuits)
    "cerebral" typically means that someone is intellectual, thoughtful, and inclined towards using their intellect rather than their emotions.
    It suggests that someone is more interested in mental activities and pursuits than physical ones.

  • @Katiedora122
    @Katiedora122 Před 5 měsíci +1

    📓I really only keep a general printed commonplace book, although I might start a specific one this year. And watching this made me realize that some of my digital databases would be the manuscript type if I kept them in physical form, which I am tempted to do but I couldn't give up the accessibility across devices the way I currently use it.

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci +1

      I move pieces from my analog specifics to digital copies often but writing it first helps me metabolize the info more. Sorry for 'metabolize' haven't found a better word yet

    • @Katiedora122
      @Katiedora122 Před 5 měsíci

      @@ParkerNotes Lol, it makes sense though! That was how I prepared when I was in grad school, I'm just haven't put the same effort into my personal interests!

  • @peter9162
    @peter9162 Před měsícem

    I write transcripts from Korean dramas out in Google docs as a way of reinforcing what I've learned and gathering new vocabulary. Not exactly a commonplace book, but it can help with recall.

  • @blukat8897
    @blukat8897 Před 5 měsíci

    📓I so love your channel

  • @lorensims4846
    @lorensims4846 Před 5 měsíci

    Sounds like the spiral-bound flip-over pocket notebooks I used in jr. high and high school to keep track of assignments, sometimes, but more often to keep track of notes and ideas of mine and of others. I used it to try out creative pursuits like creating a simple nonsense comic strip, to learn to work with binary numbers because as early as 1970 I figured they were going to be important. I used these notebooks for lots and lots of stuff.
    I guess you could call them "general."
    I always thought of manuscripts as manually created documents that were intended to be printed.

  • @WilliamDavis-lf5bq
    @WilliamDavis-lf5bq Před 5 měsíci +1

    📓📚📙 I've only ever used General Common Place Books, both printed and manuscript, but I'm starting specific ones for fitness knowledge

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci +1

      I just started one for fitness and dietetics 🙌

  • @norseworx
    @norseworx Před měsícem

    💯 interested in videos for the 4 species of commonplace books.

  • @natanprzybylko7227
    @natanprzybylko7227 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Interested in how you would apply a format like this for other topics like mathematics. I recently swapped over to Cornell-style notes for all of my "long-term" maths notes so when I want to reference something I can just look at the summary section on the bottom or find the highlighted equations

  • @casandrasmith6266
    @casandrasmith6266 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Respectfully, as a fully Spanish/English bilingual person and a former homeschool educator, keeping a notebook can be an invaluable tool for language learning acquisition. The physical act of writing things down helps to cement concepts in one's mind. Anecdotally, there have been many times when I''ve had total recall of something I'm trying to remember simply because I wrote it down. Regarding language learning, a commonplace book can be home to vocabulary, conjugations, phrases, diction, dialect learning, phonetic learning. Once the basics are covered, one can copy down quoloquial phrases, quotes, phrases, book passages, you name it, and translate them; paying attention to language mechanics. Now, of course, there must be practical listening and verbal experience that must also accompany the learning, maybe not immediately but definitely eventually. Just my dos centavos.

  • @4ohf
    @4ohf Před 5 měsíci +2

    📓I don't know man. I was happy with my "General manuscript CPB" but now you've given me ideas... Might be a time to visit a store and acquire more notebooks 😂

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci +2

      Hahah it's dangerous to watch my stuff!!

  • @sheon2
    @sheon2 Před měsícem

    Hi Parker, love your content! I recently asked a question during a class about how I write. Someone mentioned it sounds like a “learning journal.” I largely reflect on things I learn or write through issues based on bits of knowledge I come across, both of which turn into pages worth. It sounds like it’s more of a general manuscript but do you have any further readings on this type of journaling?

  • @RevertYahya
    @RevertYahya Před 5 měsíci +2

    Possible alternative to "printed" is "collective."
    Where I'm at in my (early) common-placing is that I don't differentiate between manuscript and printed, yet. I do differentiate general and specific, though. I figure as I go along I'll get a feel for how I want to handle things and adjust as needed. 📓

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci

      Collective is not bad! General and specific is probably the better distinction of the two tbh 🫡

  • @paulagoldberg1103
    @paulagoldberg1103 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I would like to see a CZcams for each of these types of commonplace books. I don’t have one yet.

  • @shogunchitown
    @shogunchitown Před 5 měsíci +1

    How about Quotidian Commonplace Book. It means either daily or ordinary, which both work, but it’s a pun on “quotations” which is what’s being collected in a “printed”commonplace book.

  • @pseudolongino8232
    @pseudolongino8232 Před 5 měsíci +3

    📕 Great video, I really enjoy your content! Some possible alternatives for “printed” CPB could simply be “citation”, “extract”, “snippet”, or “clip” CPB. Maybe you already thought of some of them, but I think they are more intuitive and one can really see what the CPB is going to be about. I personally love “extract” CPB. :)
    Also, have you considered adding an additional purpose to your classification? A “hybrid” purpose, where you can write down your favourite extracts and (possibly) expand on them with some personal reflections. Do you think it makes sense? I’m really curious to hear back from you! :) Much love and keep up the awesome work!

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci +1

      Thanks so much!! And thanks for the suggested terms. Yeah I'm definitely open to hybrids. This one sounds a bit like a general manuscript but it's more of an optional annotation model. I can dig it

  • @fcojofre
    @fcojofre Před 5 měsíci +1

    📓 Each time I watch one of this awesome videos, it seems my moustache grow a bit 🥸

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci

      Haha I hope! I want it to be comically large

  • @likesgymnastics5767
    @likesgymnastics5767 Před 5 měsíci +1

    on an older video I thought to bash you about the handwriting (I kept it inside) ... but after actually having a commonplace book I understand that it is not possible to have good handwriting when you are out and about. :D
    Still if you have a desk and are not in a rush, then there's no excuse :D. I recommend the youtube channel CJ's Creative Studio (see his 2 most popular videos about cursive handwriting) Improved my handwriting a lot given that I come from a place where we use the Cyrillic alphabet. We are not thought to write latin letters in cursive.
    It's not a huge deal, but it doesn't take that much of an effort to write beautifully either :D

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci

      Haha I appreciate this comment so much!! This is the perfect way to bash in love lol. I'm so much more likely to listen if there's some understanding and teasing. I will check this out, I've been meaning to work on it. My mom is an occupational therapist and has been trying to teach me all my life

  • @showman139
    @showman139 Před 5 měsíci

    Those books about common place books. Do you have amazon links for them? As well as Aristotles topica

  • @BrazilianPride22041
    @BrazilianPride22041 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Hey man love the videos. The word you're looking for at @9:50 is either Florilegium or Anthology. Both mean the same thing, just depends if you want a latin or greek flair to the name.

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 4 měsíci +1

      I use Florilegium for my pocket Commonplace book and hadn't thought of it for this one, I'm still working through how Infeel about 'anthology' since it has a meaning I don't like in music and literature. I'm leaning towards calling it a 'treasury' but Florilegium could be the one! Thanks for helping me see it in a new light!

  • @thefulcrum
    @thefulcrum Před 4 měsíci +1

    There's a lot of people saying "OK, so a commonplace book is just a notebook."
    It's true to an extent.
    It's a type of notebook.
    You may also have a notebook for specific purposes like writing poetry, doodling or whatever you choose to do when you put pen to paper.
    The purpose of a commonplace book tends to be a "thinking" notebook.
    You put down any unprocessed thoughts and you process them through the pages.
    From there, you can leave the insights in the commonplace book or move them to a place where they are more easily searchable (e.g. a digital medium).
    To say "it's just a notebook with a fancy name" is to miss the point.

  • @gabriel-vi2oh
    @gabriel-vi2oh Před 5 měsíci +1

    Common place book..... ((((fading into the depths of my mind)))😅 i loved the video your note taking is something out of a movie character inventor. Especially down to your books and how they look

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci

      Haha this is such a great compliment! Thank you!

  • @Cabo_films
    @Cabo_films Před 14 dny

    📓 thanks for the video! I am currently reading a lot of Surrealist fiction and I want to start a specific manuscript common place book (to use your terminology) to collect quotes and scenes from Surrealist novels and my own reflections.
    Do you use common place books for reading fiction? Is this a common practice?

  • @raynoldj
    @raynoldj Před 5 měsíci +1

    Thanks for sharing this. One question, do you annotate and highlight all the books you're reading?

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci +1

      Mmm yes, but to differing degrees. Fiction gets very few annotations

  • @haydennesbit
    @haydennesbit Před 2 měsíci

    Interested in seeing a general manuscript for reading/processing ideas from books, etc. It’s never made sense to have a different journal for each book I’m reading, but not sure how to track multiple books/ideas in one journal (e.g. 2 pages on one book, 1 page on another, more pages on the first book, etc.). Would you just index each entry?

  • @lawrenceeady3701
    @lawrenceeady3701 Před 5 měsíci

    Also as an idea for alternative to “printed.” “Static” or “stationary” or something of the like, as they are unchanging from where and how they existed before you wrote them down and will not change, adapt, or grow within the notebook

  • @shin11700
    @shin11700 Před 5 měsíci +2

    After compiling numerous books, how do you find thoughts or group related thoughts?

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci +1

      I make indexes in the CPBs and the topic specific ones really help with that

  • @user-ge5xo8ce3e
    @user-ge5xo8ce3e Před 4 měsíci +1

    How about discourses? 📓Love the videos!

  • @itcanbedonedollars3693
    @itcanbedonedollars3693 Před 5 měsíci +1

    What is the title of the Victorian Romantics book featured at the beginning? I love reading anything writing, philosopy from the era.

    • @thepostgradyear
      @thepostgradyear Před 5 měsíci

      @itcanbedonedollars3693
      how romantics and victorians organized information: commonplace books, scrapbooks, and albums
      Book by Jillian M. Hess
      this one?
      I should have capitalized it
      it was a pretty good read although some of the words were sometimes somewhat specific and required preexisting knowledge (although I rarely read books so that might be the problem haha)

    • @itcanbedonedollars3693
      @itcanbedonedollars3693 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@thepostgradyear Thank you so much *goes sourcing*

    • @thepostgradyear
      @thepostgradyear Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@itcanbedonedollars3693 the section I'm thinking of right now is the section on a "fell book" which I only understood as relating to the mountains because of movie adaptations of lord of the rings and context clues lol
      but there are many little bits like that which provide a deeper understanding if the reader happens to understand the word
      most of the complexity is simply at the level of the former and the latter but it should be noted just in case anyone who spends their time on wiki or youtube happens to read a book like that haha

  • @jacquelinetoledana2009
    @jacquelinetoledana2009 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Hi Parks! I like the difference and genus. However, I find it difficult to bring all my notebooks wherever I am. Is it possible to use one notebook mainly for jotting down observations and any information? Right now, I am reading a book by Mark Manson, I am writing unfamiliar words from the book and writing my insights about a specific page?.

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci

      I bring a pocket notebook with me everywhere as a catch-all to collect thoughts and then I add them to the other notebooks later

  • @thundreturtle
    @thundreturtle Před 5 měsíci +1

    "And here we see a Commonplace Book in it's natural habitat" ~ Que Jurassic Park music ~ 📓

  • @gippywhite
    @gippywhite Před 5 měsíci

    📓 As for the “printed” label… I can see how that can be confusing. But the only thing that’s coming to my mind right now is iron gall ink. that is the most permanent ink people used from the 4th to the 20th century. So if somebody wrote some thing down with that ink hundreds of years ago, it could still be read today. May be a play on words with that? Or splay on “scribe”? I don’t know. Yours sounds fine! You have to explain it all anyway, so might as well leave it the way it is. Good work!

  • @jubatusvc
    @jubatusvc Před 5 měsíci +1

    Gracias por tu canal.
    Estoy organizando mis cuadernos. Tengo temas específicos, otros más generales y un tercero de citas, aforismos, etc. En casi todos escribo algo de mi propia reflexión. No tengo ningún cuaderno que solo contenga citas. Me interesan esos cuatro tipos de libros comunes. Muy interesante. Espero tus videos con ganas. Un abrazo desde España de Mariano.

  • @viaMac
    @viaMac Před 5 měsíci

    Why do you opt for analog methods of storing information as opposed to digital e.g notion, etc?

  • @eph1954
    @eph1954 Před 3 měsíci

    I found your analysis of commonplace very useful as I have started many but they always fall to the wayside. Perhaps because I didn’t plan carefully the scope and purpose of the book. One suggestion, you describe as “Printed” as “reflection, etc, which I initially took to mean where I would record my reflections, etc - but in listening to you describe your examples it became clear that this was not right - it meant to record someone else’s thoughts (i.e quotes) to later read for said purpose. do you ever record your responses with the material you are documenting and referencing or do you transcribe it to a Manuscript for that in all cases?

  • @northernplume
    @northernplume Před 5 měsíci

    📓I think my commonplace books are a combination of manuscripts and compendiums. I have found there is little thought into which book I grab when I want to write down a quote or write something out for my Substack. It’s generally whichever is closest to me

  • @ambersinclair6402
    @ambersinclair6402 Před 5 měsíci +1

    What do you think about digital journaling? Like through Supernote?

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci

      I don't really like digital methods of any notes except annotating philosophy papers. Have you used Supernote? I'm becoming a note taking influencer (lol!), so I feel obligated to check out all methods so I can speak to them with some degree of confidence

  • @StevenMichels
    @StevenMichels Před měsícem +1

    I was thinking I'd start a commonplace book on a subject related to a course I'm teaching. Do you do that? Or how do you gather materials and lectures for your courses?

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před měsícem

      Yeah I do. I haven't taught a ton of courses, maybe 4 or 5 total but using a commonplace book Is awesome because then I have all of my notes in one spot. I can run through it before class and prime the pump. Often times I won't need to loon back at it during the class once I've ran through it a couple times. Makes you look like a genius lol. But it's cool because then it's a tool for you and not just a class outline document you forget about

    • @StevenMichels
      @StevenMichels Před měsícem +1

      @@ParkerNotes Thanks for the feedback! I'm going to start one--for Philosophy of Law, which I'm teaching in the fall.

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před měsícem

      @@StevenMichels so awesome!

  • @mrsp5713
    @mrsp5713 Před 4 měsíci

    Wow! Very insightful. Just when I thought this would go over my head…I found myself hanging on til the end. 👏🏼 Thank you for keeping ‘thinking’ alive for your generation in this age of digital overload and shallow interest. 📓 I’d have to say, since I’m very new to this concept, I lean General Printed in my style. I’ve ALWAYS commonplaced but it’s always been on random pieces of paper, envelopes, napkins etc so I’m happy I’m not the only one whose mind works this way-now I can gather it all into one 📓 How ‘bout in place of ‘printed’, the purpose is a COLLECTION. A General Collection and a Specific Collection. 🤷🏻‍♀️
    Thoughts? @parkernotes

  • @Sage_of_Roccasecca
    @Sage_of_Roccasecca Před 5 měsíci

    I'm curious: why would one need a General Printed CPB when one is also maintaining Specific Printed CPBs on various topics? Without the element of response/analysis of the manuscript variety, it seems doing either one or the other would be more efficient and useful than keeping one of each, with my instinct guiding me to prefer more specific printed CPBs. Would be curious to see a video about the differences in your uses for those two types. Also, instead of printed, perhaps "reference" is the right word? Meaning, you write out quotes solely for the purpose of reference, not for writing/responding/analyzing. Also, perhaps "collectio/collection" would be another word that could work there?

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci +1

      So I only have so many specific CPBs. If I read a fantastic quote that doesn't quite fit in one of my specific ones, I have a general printed that I can throw it in. I'll do more explaining on this in a fiture video, thanks for this question, so good!

  • @kan-zee
    @kan-zee Před 5 měsíci +2

    11:57 ...📖 ☑✍🏼🖋😎👍
    I am leaning towards a mixture of Alchemy Transformative /Spiritual Commonplace book
    Secondly a Travellers observational commonplace book .
    Thirdly : Language learning Commonplace book
    *******************************************************************
    (10:02 & 12:05) ... A term for a PRINTED COMMONPLACE BOOK
    📖 ✍🏼🖋 *_Magnum Opus_* Commonplace Book
    meaning : a large and important work of art, music, or literature, especially one regarded as the most important work of an artist or writer.
    📖 ✍🏼🖋 *_Trānscrībō_* Commonplace Book
    meaning :put (thoughts, speech, or data) into written or printed form. To write again in another place, transcribe, copy
    📖 ✍🏼🖋 *_Exscribend Liber_*
    Latin for : Copy book

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci +1

      I'm screenshotting this!! Definitely going to chew on these names!! Thank you 🫡🫡🫡

    • @kan-zee
      @kan-zee Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@ParkerNotes You asked , I responded....Your welcome.

  • @moiramarques
    @moiramarques Před 5 měsíci

    📓I use a general commonplace book, sometimes printed and sometimes manuscript, but I always choose too much to quote, which makes consistency hard. Maybe I should try more specific commonplace books, or to select less quotes. 😅

  • @e.l.2734
    @e.l.2734 Před 4 měsíci

    Thank God for today's Aristotelians.

    • @e.l.2734
      @e.l.2734 Před 4 měsíci

      Aw, I'd deleted my previous comment about your interests being nice, but that's only because I thought it was silly, as I do think that still.
      The more abstract a subject is, the less people care about it and it's getting worse, which is funny in a time where philosophical presupositions are being spilled left and right.

  • @ggg-rt2cf
    @ggg-rt2cf Před 3 měsíci

    Can someone please tell me what that 'know-how' knowledge is called? Where can I find more information about the types of knowledge in general? Thanks

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Some call it knowledge by acquaintance but I think that's a broader term that includes know-how and know-who knowledge

    • @ggg-rt2cf
      @ggg-rt2cf Před 3 měsíci

      Thank you so much @@ParkerNotes

  • @BookMattic
    @BookMattic Před 5 měsíci +1

    📕Do you think keeping a digital commonplace book would be effective for collecting specific printed quotes?
    As for a general manuscript, I also much prefer the notebook.
    One more question, what's the difference between a journal and a commonplace book?

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci +2

      Kindles used to collect your highlights in a kind of general printed commonplace book. Idk if they still do or not. But it's the actual act of writing the quote yourself which helps it become apart of you, so if you're doing that digitally that that'll probably work but not that old kindle highlight way. A journal is a collection of your thoughts and ideas. A commonplace book is a collection of someone else's (and sometimes your thoughts on someone else's in the case of a manuscript CPB).

    • @BookMattic
      @BookMattic Před 5 měsíci

      @@ParkerNotes thanks for the clarification. I'll experiment with this.

  • @mavywavy801
    @mavywavy801 Před 5 měsíci

    I feel like we often "Romanticize" Ancient People alot and put them on a pedestool of sorts that whenever us Modern People find out that Ancient People did things like this, it often shocks us. After that intial shock that occurs I personally cant help but "feel the oneness of humanity" after using basic things like this that my ancestors have used years earlier despite the more available technology that has advance in my time compared to theirs.

  • @lucaspupile307
    @lucaspupile307 Před 5 měsíci

    I believe the better word to substitute "printed" is "compendium", which already exist and designate the same thing. The word comes from latin and means "that which is weighed together".

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci

      Nah compendiums are meant to be comprehensive in scope and systematically presented. I used to call them compendiums, even in the first video on this channel but recently changed it after studying these terms more

  • @user-wf4hx1tx7b
    @user-wf4hx1tx7b Před 5 měsíci +1

    What pen do you use?

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci

      I really like these: amzn.to/48o9VGI
      You got a favorite?

  • @liboslava
    @liboslava Před 5 měsíci

    Copy & Paste Commonplace books :D 📓

  • @chronyxHD
    @chronyxHD Před 5 měsíci +1

    did you practice your handwriting, or did it just come naturally to you? my handwriting looks very rough and not pretty

    • @ParkerNotes
      @ParkerNotes  Před 5 měsíci

      I practice. Mine is still very poor. But if I'm careful it can be okay

  • @shamansimon
    @shamansimon Před 5 měsíci +3

    How about "verbatim" commonplace books instead of printed?