“平凡的真理”一书在目前出版的哲学通俗著作中是很少教条主义气味的一本。这本书无论在内容方面或形式方面都有其独特的地方。它用通俗流畅的笔调,把哲学上的道理说得异常平易近人,尽管其中还有若干地方用词不恰当、不确切,阐述不清楚、不正确,无论如何,这本书仍不失为一本容易读懂的书,对读者有益的书。我这篇短文不准备讨论这本书的各个方面,只想就这本书的结构表示一些看法。结构对于一本书来说并不是决定性的因素,一本书的好坏并不决定于结构。但结构问题也不是一个无关紧要的问题,恰当的结构会使读者更准确地掌握作者的思相,更无保留地信服作者的论点:而不恰当的结构则会 The Book of Ordinary Truth is a less dogmatic one in the current popular book of philosophy. This book has its own uniqueness both in content and in form. It uses plain and fluid style of writing to translate the philosophical truths into an anonymous one, although there are a number of local wordings that are inappropriate, inaccurate, unclear and incorrectly articulated, but in any case, the book is still easy to read Understand the book, the book useful to readers. My essay is not going to discuss all aspects of this book, just to express some thoughts on the structure of the book. Structure is not a decisive factor for a book, and the quality of a book does not depend on the structure. However, structural problems are not insignificant either. The proper structure will allow the reader to grasp the author’s thoughts more accurately and persuasively confess the author’s arguments without reservation: improper structure will