Classic Essays

经典散文

The essay tradition since Montaigne: thinking a single thought through to its end.

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Essays (Essais) 《蒙田随笔》 Michel de Montaigne Taking oneself as an object of study is a trainable capacity Classic Essays source.backfill

The Essays 《培根随笔》 Francis Bacon Compressing worldly experience into portable maxims of judgment Classic Essays source.backfill

Essays 《爱默生随笔》 Ralph Waldo Emerson On what grounds can a person live without depending on others' judgment Classic Essays source.backfill

The Common Reader 《普通读者》 Virginia Woolf Reading neither for exams nor for positions, but out of an ordinary reader's curiosity Classic Essays source.backfill

Notes of a Native Son 《土生子札记》 James Baldwin Rage is real, but rage is not itself an answer Classic Essays source.backfill

Slouching Towards Bethlehem 《向伯利恒跋涉》 Joan Didion How an observer stays honest when consensus dissolves Classic Essays source.backfill

Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk 《朝花夕拾》 Lu Xun Memory is not only nostalgia but a way of seeing how one was formed Classic Essays source.backfill

On Photography 《论摄影》 Susan Sontag How images replace experience: photographing is acquisition, not witness Classic Essays Daily Pick

Walden; or, Life in the Woods 《瓦尔登湖》 Henry David Thoreau The experiment is not about having less but about discovering what is actually necessary Classic Essays Daily Pick

The Silent Majority 《沉默的大多数》 Wang Xiaobo In a setting where someone is always speaking for you, silence is itself a position Classic Essays Daily Pick

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