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Of Books 论书 Michel de Montaigne 蒙田作者简介蒙田（Michel de Montaigne，1533—1592），文艺复兴时期最有影响力的法国作家之一，欧洲近代散文的创始人，代表作为晚年所著的《蒙田随笔》（Essays ）。在《蒙田随笔》中，蒙田几乎无所不谈，日常生活、传统习俗、人生哲理等均有涉及，他还旁征博引了许多古希腊、古罗马作家的论述。各章篇幅长短不一，文章结构随意自然，文字平易通畅，语言生动睿智。该书与《培根人生论》（Bacon's Essays ）和《帕斯卡尔思想录》（Pascal's Pensées ）一起，被誉为欧洲近代哲理散文三大经典。本文选自1575年出版的《蒙田随笔》中关于阅读的篇目。除了感受散文之美，读者还可领略蒙田本人评价甚高的小说、诗歌、史论，以及“阅读时遇到困难，从不死钻牛角尖”的风采。 I seek, in the reading of books, only to please myself by an honest diversion; or, if I study, it's for no other science than what treats of the knowledge of myself, and instructs me how to die and how to live well. I do not bite my nails about the difficulties I meet with in my reading; after a charge or two, I give them over. Should I insist upon them, I should both lose myself and time; for I have an impatient understanding, that must be satisfied at first: what I do not discern at once is by persistence rendered more obscure. I do nothing without gaiety; continuation and a too obstinate endeavour, darkens,......