Saturday, January 10, 2009

要把金針度與人

標題是抄了李敖的一本書名.想不到更好的所以就偷.為什麼這兩本書算得上是金針呢?因為這兩本書算是工具,取得知識的工具.2008年最值得讀得就算這兩本.

人類的知識來源有兩種,一手貨及二手貨.研究而得的知識是一手貨,要怎麼良好,正確的從研究上得到知識,要看John Dewey的 "How We Think".看書所得的知識是二手貨,但要怎麼良好,正確的取得書上的知識,這可是一門技藝. Mortimer J. Adler 及 Charles Van Doren 所著 "How to Read a Book"絕對是經典之作.
知識就是力量,此書不能不看.

These two Books are the most worthful ones I read in 2008. The main topic of them is about how we get knowledge.

Knowleges comes from two sources: first-hand and second-hand. First-hand knowlege comes from research, which is the topic of John Dewey's "How We Think". Second-hand knowlege comes from books. It is an art to obtain it and this is the topic of "How to Read a Book" by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren. Both combined together tell us a better way to apporoach Knowlege. Knowledge is power. You definitely can not say no to reading these two books.

How We Think
Publisher: Dover Publications (July 10, 1997)
ISBN-10: 0486298957
ISBN-13: 978-0486298955

How to Read a Book
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Rev. and updated ed edition (August 15, 1972)
ISBN-10: 067121280X
ISBN-13: 978-0671212803