Great books are those that contain the best materials on which the human mind can work in order to gain insight,understanding,  and wisdom.Each 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(nèi)容：偉大的書(shū)籍銳化我們的頭腦
    偉大的書(shū)是那些包含了最好的材料上人的心靈能工作，以便深入了解，理解，其中wisdom.Each，以自己的方式，提出了經(jīng)常性basicquestions，男子要面對(duì)的。由于這些問(wèn)題是沒(méi)有完全解決，這些書(shū)的來(lái)源和持續(xù)的思想傳統(tǒng)古跡。
     瑞典植物學(xué)家范多倫曾把偉大的書(shū)籍“的書(shū)，從來(lái)沒(méi)有被寫(xiě)入了。”他們是罕見(jiàn)的，持續(xù)的卓越完美的成就。它們的美麗和明確表明，他們是優(yōu)秀的大師級(jí)作品，以及文科。這類(lèi)書(shū)有理由稱(chēng)為greatwhether他們是科學(xué)，詩(shī)歌，神學(xué)，數(shù)學(xué)，或政治書(shū)籍。
     偉大的書(shū)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。這并不意味著他們不明確或其完整性受到損害。不同的解釋相互補(bǔ)充，讓讀者發(fā)現(xiàn)，從各種角度對(duì)工作的統(tǒng)一。我們不需要看別的書(shū)不止一次得到所有他們的意見(jiàn)。但是，我們隨時(shí)可以進(jìn)入更深的大書(shū)。作為啟蒙來(lái)源，它們是取之不盡，用之不竭。
     在許多被寫(xiě)入好書(shū)的興趣僅限于一定的歷史時(shí)期。他們不表現(xiàn)出的普遍呼吁，結(jié)果從與中所面臨的任何時(shí)間，地點(diǎn)和方式處理人的基本問(wèn)題，男性在任何時(shí)候，任何地方可以理解。偉大的書(shū)，相反，超越其原籍省限制。他們?nèi)匀皇鞘澜缥膶W(xué)。那些我們相信是偉大的是那些人到處轉(zhuǎn)，并通過(guò)再次世紀(jì)了。

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