How to read practical books?
Words & Phrases
1. Cut across : be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations 與。。。相抵觸
2. Envisage : form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.
3. Imperative &. Declarative
? ? Imperative: an imperative verb is one that expresses an order, such as "stand up "
? ? Declarative: a declarative sentence has the form of a statement
4. Discern : ?to notice or understand something by thinking about it carefully
You must ask questions when you read, and specifically that you must ask four particular questions of whatever you are reading.
The two kinds of Practical books
Practical books can never solve the practical problems with which it is concerned. It can only be solved by action itself.
The reader itself must add something to the book to make it applicable in prectice.
Practical books contain rules and principles that underlie the rules
Two groups of Practical books
1. Presentations of rules
2. Concerns the principles that generate rules
In judging a theoretical book, the reader must observe the identity of, or the discrepancy between, his own basic principles or assumptions and those of the author.
In judging a practical book, everything turns on the ends or goals.
The Role of persuasion
Your ultimate judgement of his work is going to turn on your acceptance of the goal for which he is proposing means, it is up to him to win you to his ends.
What does agreement entail in the case of a practical book?
1. What is the book about?
2. Discover the author's terms, propositions, and arguments.
3. ?Whether the author's objectives- that is, the ends he seeks, together with the means he proposes to reach them- accord with your conception of what is right to seek, and of what is the best way of seeking it.
4. Agreement with a practical book, however, does imply action on your part.
感悟 & Summary
從第二部分開始，看的就開始暈乎。作者將說理和解釋結合的很好，其中的概念的穿插的說，這就繞暈乎了。本想著將第二節整個看完了，會不會理解的好一點，也就沒有急著做筆記，誰曾想，并沒有改進。第三章，同樣如此，腦海中，沒有邏輯線，沒有清晰的一二三，好在這次下定決心，不管好壞，也要堅持寫，沒準寫著寫著就清楚了。作者提到一點，一本指導性的書籍要在最后落實到行動，方可稱之為“有用”，才達到其最終目的。不禁想到，讀這么多書，不是為讀書而讀書，最終不過是為自我思想上的擴充，行為上的有效，人生更為充實而讀。所以，不必過于拘泥于完美的理解和呈現，一本好書，堅持細讀，從他人的分析上理解，從個人角度去剖析，漸漸明了，未曾不可。
If I keep thinking that I will do better and understand more in the next chapter, I have lost the minute I am holding to read and understand. Not fear that it is indecipherable for you, you only need to follow the author 's instruction and act to ascertain whether it is practical or not.
