读书笔记

Preface

序言，前言

When the first edition of this book appeared in 1975, the

                       版本版次

dominant intellectual focus was still subjectivity

突出的占优势的                                     主观性

feelings. That focus, the legacy of the 1960s, was

                                       遗留的问题

originally a necessary reaction to the rationalism and

原先最初                          反应                  理性主义

behaviorism that preceded it. It declared, in effect: "

行为主义 precede过去式 先于  正式宣布  实际上

People are not robots. They are more than the sum total

                                                                                  总和

of their physiology. They have hopes, dreams, emotions.

              生理机能

No two humans are alike---each has a special

perspective, a unique way of perceiving the world. And

角度观点想法 独特的                   感知

any view of humanity that ignores this subjective side is

                                                忽视            主观想象

a distortion."

      曲解

Yet, despite its value, the focus on feelings went too far.

         尽管          重视

Like many other movements, what began as a reaction

against an extreme view became an extreme view itself.

                   极端的

The result of that extremism was the neglect of

    结果后果           极端主义                     忽视

thinking. This book was designed to answer that

                                           有计划的

neglect. The introduction to the first edition explained its

 忽视

rationale as follows:

理由依据