SAE & Western Philosophy · MontaigneSAE西哲 · 蒙田SAE西哲 · 蒙田
SAE and Montaigne’s Essays
SAE蒙田随笔集
SAE蒙田隨筆集
Returning to What You Wrote
回到自己写过的话前
回到自己寫過的話前
A question in place of a motto. A printed rule beside a changed sentence. An author returns to his own words, without claiming that his later self must know better.
一个问号被放进座右铭,一条印成了字的规矩旁边留下改动。蒙田回到自己写过的话前,却没有认定后来的自己一定更明白。
一個問號被放進座右銘,一條印成了字的規矩旁邊留下改動。蒙田回到自己寫過的話前,卻沒有認定後來的自己一定更明白。
Each essay can be read on its own. Optional SAE notes follow the main text; sources and edition notes are also available below.
各篇可以单独读。SAE旁注放在正文之后,可自行展开;文末另附版本说明与原文入口。
各篇可以單獨讀。SAE旁注放在正文之後,可自行展開;文末另附版本說明與原文入口。
A Book, and One Particular Copy
小引 · 一本书,和一册书
小引 · 一本書,和一冊書
An introduction to the Essays—and to the printed pages on which Montaigne kept writing.
先认识《随笔集》,再翻开蒙田留在自己那册印本上的笔迹。
先認識《隨筆集》,再翻開蒙田留在自己那冊印本上的筆跡。
Read →阅读全文 →閱讀全文 →A Question for a Motto
他把一个问号放进了铭里
他把一個問號放進了銘裡
Montaigne found a sentence he could carry with him. It did not tell anyone what to believe.
一句怀疑自己的话,怎样成了他愿意随身携带的铭。
一句懷疑自己的話,怎樣成了他願意隨身攜帶的銘。
Read →阅读全文 →閱讀全文 →You Have to Drop Your Own Weapons
你得先丢掉自己的武器
你得先丟掉自己的武器
Montaigne takes an argument as far as it will go, then tells its intended user what it costs.
一种反驳能把对手逼到尽头,也会把使用它的人带进去。
一種反駁能把對手逼到盡頭,也會把使用它的人帶進去。
Read →阅读全文 →閱讀全文 →The Way Out He Crossed Out
他把退路划了
他把退路劃了
A deleted sentence offers a tempting explanation. The line through it does not prove that explanation.
页边一句写下又划掉的话,留下了一条不能轻易替他走完的解释。
頁邊一句寫下又劃掉的話,留下了一條不能輕易替他走完的解釋。
Read →阅读全文 →閱讀全文 →I Add; I Do Not Correct
我只增添,不修改
我只增添,不修改
A printed rule and a working copy full of changes occupy the same pages.
一条印出来的规矩,和留在同一册书上的删改。
一條印出來的規矩,和留在同一冊書上的刪改。
Read →阅读全文 →閱讀全文 →The Man I Am, the Man I Just Was
我如今和我方才
我如今和我方才
Returning to the page is one thing. Knowing that the later self is better is another.
改过很多次,不等于已经知道哪一个自己更好。
改過很多次,不等於已經知道哪一個自己更好。
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