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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。

Introduction + five essays · English, Simplified & Traditional Chinese

一篇小引+五篇正文 · 简体、繁体与独立英文版

一篇小引+五篇正文 · 簡體、繁體與獨立英文版

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。

Introduction小引小引

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。

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01

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。

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02

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。

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03

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。

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04

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。

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05

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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