書鋭化我們的大腦Great Books Sharpen Our Minds

        Great books are those that contain the best materials on which the human mind can work in order to gain insight,understanding,  and of them, in its own way,raises  the  recurrent  basicquestions  which  men  must face. Because these questions are never completely solved,these books are the sources and monuments of a continuing intellectual tradition.
        Garl Van Doren once referred to great books as"the books that never have to be written again. "They are the rare,perfect achievements of sustained excellence. Their beauty and clarity show that they are masterpieces of the fine as well as of the liberal arts. Such books are justifiably called greatwhether they are books of science, poetry, theology, mathematics, or politics.
      The richness of great books shows itself in the many levels of meaning they contain. They lend themselves to a variety of interpretations. This does not mean they are ambiguous or that their integrity is compromised. The different interpretations complement one another and allow the reader to discover the unity of the work from a variety of perspectives. We need not read other books more than once to get all that they have to say. But we can always go deeper into great books. As sources of enlightenment they are inexhaustible.
       The interest in many good books that are written is limited to a definite period of history. They do not exhibit the universal appeal that results from dealing with the fundamental questions which confront men in all times and places and in a way that men in all times and places can understand. Great books, on the contrary, transcend the provincial limits of their origin. They remain as world literature. The ones we are sure are great are the ones men everywhere turn to again and again through the centuries.
內容：偉大的書籍鋭化我們的頭腦
    偉大的書是那些包含了最好的材料上人的心靈能工作，以便深入瞭解，理解，其中，以自己的方式，提出了經常性basicquestions，男子要面對的。由於這些問題是沒有完全解決，這些書的來源和持續的思想傳統古蹟。
     瑞典植物學家範多倫曾把偉大的書籍“的書，從來沒有被寫入了。”他們是罕見的，持續的卓越完美的成就。它們的美麗和明確表明，他們是優秀的大師級作品，以及文科。這類書有理由稱為greatwhether他們是科學，詩歌，神學，數學，或政治書籍。
     偉大的書籍的豐富顯示了它們所包含的意義是多層次的本身。它們本身的各種不同的解釋。這並不意味着他們不明確或其完整性受到損害。不同的解釋相互補充，讓讀者發現，從各種角度對工作的統一。我們不需要看別的書不止一次得到所有他們的意見。但是，我們隨時可以進入更深的大書。作為啟蒙來源，它們是取之不盡，用之不竭。
     在許多被寫入好書的興趣僅限於一定的歷史時期。他們不表現出的普遍呼籲，結果從與中所面臨的任何時間，地點和方式處理人的基本問題，男性在任何時候，任何地方可以理解。偉大的書，相反，超越其原籍省限制。他們仍然是世界文學。那些我們相信是偉大的是那些人到處轉，並通過再次世紀了。