The importance of the book in human life

                  The importance of the book in human life

       

 

 

the book

Man was interested in the book in the past, and one of the first libraries established by man in the old days was the Library of Alexandria, which was built by Greece BC, as it reflected the Greek civilization and culture and their interest in writing and the book. And what it contains of the sciences of the Abbasid Caliph al-Ma’mun, who gave everyone who translates a foreign book its weight in gold, and al-Ma’mun established a house he called the House of Wisdom. Some of them are in this article.

The importance of the book in human life

• The book is a record of history, ancient and modern, as we know the history of previous peoples and civilizations through books written by historians and whose words were written with ink of gold. Many people benefit from in his life, as in the experiences of those who preceded it is the best guide and guide for man in dealing with situations and events. History, as it is said in the famous wisdom, repeats itself constantly.
• The book is the means of teaching and learning. When a person wants to study and learn in one of the many diverse areas of life, he uses the book and gets acquainted with what is in it of sciences and knowledge, as well as the scientist and the teacher relies on the book to teach students and teach them the different curricula. The book is the center of the educational and educational process and its main tool.
• The book is a means to increase human culture. When a person reads books, he becomes acquainted with the cultures of different peoples and draws from them, and he constantly increases his culture with new things.
• The book as a means of tourism that enables one to learn about countries and regions. There are many antiquities books that took the reader to distant countries that man would not have been able to identify without the book. An example of this is the trips that Ibn Battuta took and wrote in his famous book, Tohfat al-Nazar in the strange cities and wonders travels.
• The book is a tool for self-entertainment and entertainment, for example, the books of jokes and funny stories about misers and idiots and others such as the book of misers by Al-Jahiz, and the book of smart people by Ibn Al-Jawzi, as well as books of puzzles and suspense that work to stimulate the mind and motivate it to think of solutions.
• Finally, the book as an expression of the extent of human progress and advancement. The person who relies a lot on books in his field of work and life is undoubtedly a person who seeks progress and development.