假如能够不带任何功利目的,阅读一本好书实在是业余时间里寓学于乐的绝佳消遣。近来,多少带着一点对学术巨著的敬畏惶恐,我慕名开始阅读著名历史学家斯塔夫里阿诺斯的代表作《全球通史》,不想一旦开卷,即欲罢不能。这部通史被认为是第一部由历史学家运用全球观点囊括全球文明而编写的世界历史。从这个定位上说,中等厚度上下两册这样的篇幅几乎可说是毫无赘言,字字如金。诚如好的翻译家必是好的作家,也唯有一位胸怀经纬而又文笔隽永的历史学家才能引导读者比较顺畅地领略到历史长河的浩瀚博大之美。但在欣赏这些精美文字的过程中,更让我深深感动的是那种努力在 If you can do without any utilitarian purposes, reading a good book is really an enjoyable spare time leisurely entertainment. Recently, with a little bit of fear in the academic monuments, I am especially attracted to reading the famous history historian Stavrinos’ masterpiece “Global History”. This general history is considered as the first world history written by historians using a global perspective that encompasses global civilization. From this positioning, the two volumes of medium thickness up and down this space is almost without any excuse, words such as gold. Just as a good translator must be a good writer, only a historian with longitude and longitude and timeless essay can guide the readers to a smooth experience of the vastness of history. But in the process of enjoying these exquisite writing, what touched me more deeply was that kind of effort