Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
讀書不為找茬尋錯;不可輕信書言,認為理當然;亦不可隻為生花妙語而尋章摘句, 而應對所讀細加考量慎思。
培根在這裏用了否定+否定+否定,以突出最後正確的做法。另外read (not) to,我認為是目的。
Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
讀書不為找茬尋錯;不可輕信書言,認為理當然;亦不可隻為生花妙語而尋章摘句, 而應對所讀細加考量慎思。
培根在這裏用了否定+否定+否定,以突出最後正確的做法。另外read (not) to,我認為是目的。