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拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生:随笔·摘录 9

拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生《随笔》· Essays · 哲学 · 健康 · 学习

Undoubtedly there is a right way of reading, so it be sternly subordinated. Man Thinking must not be subdued by his instruments. Books are for the scholar's idle times. When he can read God directly, the hour is too precious to be wasted in other men's transcripts of their readings.[31] But when the intervals of darkness come, as come they must,--when the soul seeth not, when the sun is hid and the stars withdraw their shining,--we repair to the lamps which were kindled by their ray, to guide our steps to the East again, where the dawn is.[32] We hear, that we may speak. The Arabian proverb says, "A fig-tree, looking on a fig-tree, becometh fruitful."

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16643
定位:Excerpt 9 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

爱默生说,当然有正确的读书方式,但必须严格让读书处于从属地位。“思考着的人”不能被工具压制。书是学者空闲时用的。当人能直接读上帝这本大书时,那时光太宝贵,不该浪费在别人阅读的抄本上。但当黑暗的间隙来临,灵魂看不见,太阳隐藏、星星不亮时,我们就去点那些由星光点燃的灯,指引我们重新走向东方,那里有黎明。我们听,是为了说。阿拉伯谚语说:一棵无花果树看着另一棵无花果树,就变得多结果实。核心是:读书是辅助,直接体验和创造才是主。做法是:在能直接感受世界时优先感受,在黑暗时用书引路,最终为了自己表达。

上下文

爱默生《论学者》中论正确的读书方式,强调读书要从属于独立思考。

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今日一问

你读书是为了说自己的话,还是为了重复别人的话?

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