This Pocket Notebook Can Make You Wise (Commonplace Book)

Commonplace books have been a key tool for philosophers and thinkers of all kinds going all the way back to Greek philosophers like Aristotle. In this video I cover a brief sketch of the history of commonplace books and then I show you how you can keep a pocket notebook as a commonplace book of pocket proverbs and wise sayings. Become wise like the greatest philosophers instead of doom scrolling! I also read a selection of my favorites entries from my golden book of wisdom so make sure you watch until the end! Grab a Murdy Creative notebook (or anything else from them) for 10% off your whole order at checkout with code PARKERNOTES check out their entire selection here: https://murdycreative.co/PARKERNOTES Grab a Saddleback Leather medium Moleskine/Leuchtturm1917 cover from my affiliate link here to support my channel: https://saddlebackleather.com/leather-moleskine-cover-medium/?ktk=d0pac01BLWJmZWY1MmZiYTFi → My Links https://parknotes.substack.com/ https://www.patreon.com/ParkNotes → Notebooks Golden Pocket Notebook: https://a.co/d/cRLRdjj Leuchturm1917 SQUARED/GRID A6 pocket Notebooks ⬇️ SQUARED/GRID: https://amzn.to/45HUt72 DOTTED: https://amzn.to/45HUt72 RULED: https://amzn.to/3ExPtWy Moleskine Pocket Notebooks: Squared: https://amzn.to/3EvJ9i7 Ruled:https://amzn.to/3EvJ9i7 Field Notes: https://amzn.to/3r7wgrC Pens: Pilot G-2 05 https://amzn.to/3RdmAq2 Murdy Creative Leather Notebook Covers: https://murdycreative.co/pages/journals Saddleback Leather: https://saddlebackleather.com/mens-leather-home-office/ → Gear Camera: https://amzn.to/3OcSIXR Lens: https://amzn.to/3OcSIXR Mic: https://amzn.to/3DEYz36 These Amazon link are affiliate links. The channel earns a commission from each purchase — but it doesn't cost you anything. None of the others are affiliate, so let them know ParkNotes sent you so they will want to partner with me haha. 0:00 - Video Overview 1:13 - Commonplace Books vs. Diaries, Journals, and Compendiums 2:27 - Different Ways to Keep a Commonplace Book 3:58 - The History of Commonplace Books 6:13 - The Story of My Golden Commonplace Book of Wisdom 8:36 - How To Keep a Commonplace Book of Pocket Proverbs 12:32 - Some of my favorite wise sayings