How did Newton learn to read?
Using comic books
Using Plato's Republic
Using newspapers
Using Bible
Answer
Sir Isaac Newton learned to read by using Plato's Republic. Newton's mother, Hannah Ayscough, was a well-educated woman who taught her son to read at a young age. She used Plato's Republic as a textbook, and Newton later recalled that he had read the entire book by the time he was six years old.
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