爱因斯坦最爱的5本书

“Don Quijote” by Cervantes Saavedra

《堂·吉诃德》，塞万提斯·萨维德拉著

Much reading and book-learning can drive you to try and become one of the characters in your favorite novels.

涉猎书传、博学强记可以让你成为你最喜爱的小说中的人物形象。

This is what happens to Don Quixote, who attempts many chivalrous knightly acts while hampered by a world that has rejected knightly virtues.

唐吉坷德就是这么一个人。他彬彬有礼、处处发扬骑士的美德善行，却不为周遭世界接受。

The Guardian placed this 400-year-old classic novel among the its all-time Top 100 books.

《卫报》曾评选出100本经典书目，这部享誉400年的经典巨著也在其中。

Cervantes weaves all three elements – madness, comedy, and fantasy – in between conversations and adventures shared between Quixote and Sancho Panza, his seemingly simple-minded but loyal and outspoken aide de camp.

在塞万提斯笔下，癫狂、喜剧和梦幻这三种元素交织在一起，融汇于唐吉坷德和桑乔·潘扎烈俩人的对话和历险中。桑丘·潘沙是堂吉诃德的侍从，他看似头脑简单，却很忠诚，而且直言不讳。

“A Treatise of Human Nature” by David Hume

《人性论》，大卫·休谟著

Exploring the link between science and human nature, or a scientifically applied moral philosophy, is the goal of this Treatise.

这本书主要探索科学和人性的关系，或者说是道德哲学的科学应用。

Building on early complaints against the endless conjecture and wranglings between philosophers, this work promotes a move away from metaphysical speculation and a permanent shift toward systems based on observational fact.

基于哲学家们无尽的臆测和争执，这本著作促进了形而上学思辨向事实观察体系的永久转变。

By banishing supernatural doctrine that looks beyond the existing world, fear and prejudice can take a backseat in human experience.

书中摒弃了洞察世事的超自然教条，恐惧和偏见占据人类体验的次要地位。

“None” by B. Kovner

《无人》，布鲁斯·柯夫纳

Einstein's favourite reading during his last few months of his life were humorist stories of B.Knovner, a writer for the Jewish Daily Forward.

爱因斯坦临终前最后几个月最爱读的是《犹太日报》幽默大师布鲁斯·柯夫纳的小说。

Kovner (pen name for Jacob Adler) wrote a series of humoirst stories in Yiddish for the forward. Einstein looked forward to each new episode in his last several months.

柯夫纳是笔名，原名雅各布·阿德勒。柯夫纳用意第绪语给《犹太日报》写稿。爱因斯坦临终前每个月都心心念念盼望柯夫纳出一集新故事。

“Isis Unveiled: Secrets of the Ancient Wisdom Tradition” by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

《揭开伊西斯的面纱》，海伦娜·彼罗夫娜·布拉瓦茨基

As a theosophist, Blavatsky promoted pantheism and greatly influenced both Mahatma Gandhi and Annie Besant.

作为神智学者，布拉瓦茨基宣扬泛神论，对甘地和安妮·贝费特有很大影响。

In this work, spiritualism and occult practices are the base for examining ancient Eastern and Western wisdom, rather than the traditionally reversed path of finding knowledge.

这本著作中，唯心论和神秘学是检验古代中西智慧的基础，而不是传统意义上与之相反的求知道路。

Blavatsky examines existing philosophical systems and ideas and finds them to be inadquate.

布拉瓦茨基认为现行的哲学体系和思想存有不足。

“The Brothers Karamasov” by Dostoevsky

《卡拉马助夫兄弟们》，陀思妥耶夫斯基

This is of the best allegorical novels to explain the fractured nature of 19th century Russia. Each character is representative of one of the ruling classes.

这是最棒的讽喻小说之一，阐释了19世纪俄国社会的阶级对立。每一个人物都代表了统治阶级的一员。

There is the father Fyodor, the landowner who is negligent about his land, but greedy in using its produce for himself. There's Dmitri, who has been passed around from house to house. There's the skeptic Ivan, who wishes to live more among cold concepts than people. And gentle Alyosha, the mystic and religious peacemaker, and the illegitimate Smerdyakov.

父亲费奥多是地主，疏于农作却挂念着农产品。还有德米特里，在各家各户辗转。另有疑神疑鬼的伊万，与其和人相处，更愿意活在冰冷的概念里。还有温柔的阿辽沙，既神秘又信奉宗教的和事佬，及私生的斯梅迪亚克。

Throughout are themes of love, law, and duty, which makes this one of the best Dostoyesky books to read besides Crime and Punishment.

贯穿整个小说的主题是爱、法律和责任，这使其成为杜斯妥也夫斯基《罪与罚》之外最值得一读的书。