书籍的制作是无止境的，书单也是，会随着时代的变化而变化。The listing of the books is as old as reading and writing.
在文艺复兴时期，人文教育被建立。The reading prescribed was primarily in the great works of Roman literature-its poetry,biography,and history,and its moralistic essays.
经典的书可以增进我们的理解，那些富有想象力的文学作品总能升华我们的情感，那怎样才算是伟大的文学作品呢?
（1）In fact,the books are probably the most widely read.They are enduring best sellers.
（2）The great books are popular,not pedantic.They were initially written for a popular audience.
（3）The great books are always contemporary.Permanent and fleeting are good words to name the persistently contemporary great books
（4）The great books are the most readable.
（5）The great books are the most instructive, the most enlightening.
（6）The great books deal with thr persistently unsolved problems of human life.
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读书时得到的休闲The pursuit of learning and enlightenment through the great books can relieve the tedium of the toil and the monotony of business as much ad music and the other fine arts.
我的希望I really want to be sure of something that no time of mine will be wasted.
The great books should be read in relation to oneanother and in the most varied sorts of connection.
