The Greeks did not found an Art of Study, but afforded examples: Demosthenes.
Quintilian's "Institutes" a landmark.
Bacon's Essay on Studies. Hobbes.
Milton's Tractate on Education.
Locke's "Conduct of the Understanding" very specific as to rules of Study.
Watts's work entitled "The Improvement of the Mind".
What an Art of Study should attempt.
Mode of approaching it.
[I. First Maxim—"Select a Text-book-in-chief".]
Violations of the maxim: Milton's system.