On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Andrew Lias wrote: #>Speaking of which, has anyone else come across an assertion that the art of #>reading silently (as opposed to at least subvocalizing the text as it is #>being read) is a recent invention (not earlier than sometime in the High #>Middle Ages or Renaissance)? # #I have not. Do you have any idea where you heard that? I recall seeing it attributed to Julius Caesar -- that is, that he was the first to read silently, or at least (and more likely, imho) noteable for doing so. But I don't recall where I saw it. -- Mark A. Mandel