One should be able to derive new understanding while revising what he has learned. Learning from the past.

books, writing

the past / ancient times

(not of a person) old, aged, antiquated

old

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

psyche; spirit; soul; mind; will

to read (look at and interpret written text) / to read (speak aloud written text) / to infer; to speculate / to count