如何阅读一本书（英文原版）how to read a book

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1、HOWTOREADABOOKAGuidetoReadingtheGreatBooksbyMortimerJ.AdlerTableofContentsPrefacePARTI.THEACTIVITYOFREADINGCHAPTERONETotheAverageReader1234CHAPTERTWOTheReadingof"Reading"12345CHAPTERTHREEReadingisLearning123456CHAPTERFOURTeachers,DeadorAlive12346CHAPTERFIVETheDefeatoftheSchools12345678CHAPTERSIXO

2、nSelfhelp1234PARTII.THERULESCHAPTERSEVENFromManyRulestoOneHabit1234–5–6CHAPTEREIGHTCatchingonFromtheTitle12345CHAPTERNINESeeingtheSkeleton12–3–4567CHAPTERTENComingtoTerms123456CHAPTERELEVENWhat'sthePropositionandWhy1234567CHAPTERTWELVETheEtiquetteofTalkingBack12345CHAPTERTHIRTEENTheThingstheReade

3、rCanSay12345CHAPTERFOURTEENAndStillMoreRules12345678PARTIII.THERESTOFTHEREADER'SLIFECHAPTERFIFTEENTheOtherhalf12345CHAPTERSIXTEENTheGreatBooks12345678CHAPTERSEVENTEENFreeMindsandFreeMen1234APPENDIX:GREATBOOKSOFTHEWESTERNWORLDImaginativeLiteratureHISTORYANDSOCIALSCIENCENATURALSCIENCEANDMATHEMATICS

4、PHILOSOPHYANDTHEOLOGYGATEWAYTOTHEGREATBOOKSIMAGINATIVELITERATURECRITICALESSAYSMANANDSOCIETYNATURALSCIENCEMATHEMATICSPHILOSOPHICALESSAYSPreface----InthisspecialeditionofHowtoreadaBook,Icanmakeclearwhatwasnotentirelyclearwhenthebookwasfirstpublishedin1940.Readersofthebookknew,thoughitstitledidnotin

5、dicatethiswithcompleteaccuracy,thatthesubjectwasnothowtoreadanybook,buthowtoreadagreatbook.In1940thetimewasnotyetripeforsuchatitle,withwhichthebookmightnothavereachedthelargeaudiencethatitdid.Today,withhundredsofthousandsofAmericanfamiliesengagedinreadinganddiscussingthegreatgooks—booksthataloner

6、equirethekindofreadingdescribed—thesituationismuchchanged.Ihavethereforeaddedanewsubtitleforthisedition:AguidetoReadingtheGreatBooks.HowtoReadaBookattemptstoinculcateskillsthatareusefulforreadinganything.Theseskills,however,aremorethanmerelyuseful—theyarenecessary—forthereadingofgreatbooks,thoset

7、hatareofenduringinterestandimportance.Althoughonecanreadbooks,magazines,andnewspapersoftransientinterestwithouttheseskills,thepossessionofthemenablesthereadertoreadeventhetransientwithgreaterspeed,precision,anddiscrimi