爱因斯坦最爱的几本书

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核心提示:"Don Quijote" by Cervantes Saavedra  Much reading and book-learning can drive you to try and become one of the characters in your favorite novels.  This is what happens to Don Quixote, who attempts many chivalrous knightly acts while ha

"Don Quijote" by Cervantes Saavedra 

 

Much reading and book-learning can drive you to try and become one of the characters in your favorite novels. 

 

This is what happens to Don Quixote, who attempts many chivalrous knightly acts while hampered by a world that has rejected knightly virtues

 

The Guardian placed this 400-year-old classic novel among the its all-time Top 100 books. 

 

Cervantes weaves all three elements - madness, comedy, and fantasy - in between conversations and adventures shared between Quixote and Sancho Panza, his seemingly simple-minded but loyal and outspoken aide de camp. 

 

"A Treatise of Human Nature" by David Hume 

 

Exploring the link between science and human nature, or a scientifically applied moral philosophy, is the goal of this Treatise. 

 

Building on early complaints against the endless conjecture and wranglings between philosophers, this work promotes a move away from metaphysical speculation and a permanent shift toward systems based on observational fact. 

 

By banishing supernatural doctrine that looks beyond the existing world, fear and prejudice can take a backseat in human experience. 

 

"None" by B. Kovner 

 

Einstein's favourite reading during his last few months of his life were humorist stories of B.Knovner, a writer for the Jewish Daily Forward. 

 

Kovner (pen name for Jacob Adler) wrote a series of humoirst stories in Yiddish for the forward. Einstein looked forward to each new episode in his last several months. 

 

"Isis Unveiled: Secrets of the Ancient Wisdom Tradition" by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky 

 

As a theosophist, Blavatsky promoted pantheism and greatly influenced both Mahatma Gandhi and Annie Besant. 

 

In this work, spiritualism and occult practices are the base for examining ancient Eastern and Western wisdom, rather than the traditionally reversed path of finding knowledge. 

 

Blavatsky examines existing philosophical systems and ideas and finds them to be inadquate. 

 

"The Brothers Karamasov" by Dostoevsky 

 

This is of the best allegorical novels to explain the fractured nature of 19th century Russia. Each character is representative of one of the ruling classes. 

 

There is the father Fyodor, the landowner who is negligent about his land, but greedy in using its produce for himself. There's Dmitri, who has been passed around from house to house. There's the skeptic Ivan, who wishes to live more among cold concepts than people. And gentle Alyosha, the mystic and religious peacemaker, and the illegitimate Smerdyakov. 

 

Throughout are themes of love, law, and duty, which makes this one of the best Dostoyesky books to read besides Crime and Punishment.

相关单词:chivalrous

chivalrous解释:adj.武士精神的;对女人彬彬有礼的

chivalrous例句:

Men are so little chivalrous now.现在的男人几乎没有什么骑士风度了。

Toward women he was nobly restrained and chivalrous.对于妇女,他表现得高尚拘谨,尊敬三分。

相关单词:knightly

knightly解释:adj. 骑士般的 adv. 骑士般地

knightly例句:

He composed heroic songs and began to write many a tale of enchantment and knightly adventure. 他谱写英雄短歌并着手编写不少记叙巫术和骑士历险的故事。

If you wear knight costumes, you will certainly have a knightly manner. 身着骑士装,令您具有骑士风度。

相关单词:hampered

hampered解释:妨碍,束缚,限制( hamper的过去式和过去分词 )

hampered例句:

The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。

So thought every harassed, hampered, respectable boy in St. Petersburg. 圣彼德堡镇的那些受折磨、受拘束的体面孩子们个个都是这么想的。

相关单词:virtues

virtues解释:美德( virtue的名词复数 ); 德行; 优点; 长处

virtues例句:

Doctors often extol the virtues of eating less fat. 医生常常宣扬少吃脂肪的好处。

She delivered a homily on the virtues of family life. 她进行了一场家庭生活美德方面的说教。

相关单词:guardian

guardian解释:n.监护人;守卫者,保护者

guardian例句:

The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。

The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。

相关单词:outspoken

outspoken解释:adj.直言无讳的,坦率的,坦白无隐的

outspoken例句:

He was outspoken in his criticism.他在批评中直言不讳。

She is an outspoken critic of the school system in this city.她是这座城市里学校制度的坦率的批评者。

相关单词:treatise

treatise解释:n.专著;(专题)论文

treatise例句:

The doctor wrote a treatise on alcoholism.那位医生写了一篇关于酗酒问题的论文。

This is not a treatise on statistical theory.这不是一篇有关统计理论的论文。

相关单词:applied

applied解释:adj.应用的;v.应用,适用

applied例句:

She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。

This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

相关单词:conjecture

conjecture解释:n./v.推测,猜测

conjecture例句:

She felt it no use to conjecture his motives.她觉得猜想他的动机是没有用的。

This conjecture is not supported by any real evidence.这种推测未被任何确切的证据所证实。

相关单词:speculation

speculation解释:n.思索,沉思;猜测;投机

speculation例句:

Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。

There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

相关单词:banishing

banishing解释:v.放逐,驱逐( banish的现在分词 )

banishing例句:

And he breathes out fast, like a king banishing a servant. 他呼气则非常迅速,像一个国王驱逐自己的奴仆。 来自互联网

Banishing genetic disability must therefore be our primary concern. 消除基因缺陷是我们的首要之急。 来自互联网

相关单词:doctrine

doctrine解释:n.教义;主义;学说

doctrine例句:

He was impelled to proclaim his doctrine.他不得不宣扬他的教义。

The council met to consider changes to doctrine.宗教议会开会考虑更改教义。

相关单词:philosophical

philosophical解释:adj.哲学家的,哲学上的,达观的

philosophical例句:

The teacher couldn't answer the philosophical problem.老师不能解答这个哲学问题。

She is very philosophical about her bad luck.她对自己的不幸看得很开。

相关单词:negligent

negligent解释:adj.疏忽的;玩忽的;粗心大意的

negligent例句:

The committee heard that he had been negligent in his duty.委员会听说他玩忽职守。

If the government is proved negligent,compensation will be payable.如果证明是政府的疏忽,就应支付赔偿。

相关单词:skeptic

skeptic解释:n.怀疑者,怀疑论者,无神论者

skeptic例句:

She is a skeptic about the dangers of global warming.她是全球变暖危险的怀疑论者。

How am I going to convince this skeptic that she should attention to my research?我将如何使怀疑论者确信她应该关注我的研究呢?

 
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