THE OMNIPAEDIA
Book ID/图书代码： 11320013B66108
English Summary/英文概要： ’The only thing that I know is that I know nothing ... but I’m working on it.’(after Socrates)
In this age of increasing specialisation and information overload, how can anyone ever hope to emulate Renaissance man or woman, accomplished and informed across many fields? SurelyT. H. Huxley’s maxim ’try to learn something about everything and everything about something’ is impossible to realize?
Perhaps it was, but not now. John Farndon’s indispensible The Omnipaedia shows us how anyone can be a pocket polymath. In the space of this compact volume, each chapter easily imbibed over a cup of cocoa at bedtime, you will be given the basic tools you need to become an Uomo or Donna Universale di Oggi.
Tackling science, nature and the Earth; politics, philosophy and economics; human sciences and culture, along with history and zoology, Farndon ranges across the whole spectrum of human knowledge, while also giving essential guidance in all those skills demanded of the well-rounded man or woman: from poetry and music to the art of debate and defending yourself with weapons (such as sarcasm).
The Omnipaedia cannot, of course, guarantee that you’ll become a walking Wikipedia, but what it does promise to give you is the grounding and confidence to launch yourself into the unknown, to delve into any sphere of knowledge and become more than a mere jack of all trades, but a master or mistress of all you survey.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： “我比别人知道的多的，不过是我自己的无知。。。。。。而我正致力于改变。”（苏格拉底）
在当今这样一个个性凸显、信息爆棚的年代，谁又还能犹如文艺复兴时期的学者们一般，在诸多领域皆小有所成？毋庸置疑，想要如汤玛斯•亨利•赫胥黎一样尽自己最大的努力去“尽可能广泛地涉猎各门学问，并且尽可能深入地择一钻研”，这一想法又是否切实可行呢？
也许这一切并非遥不可及，只不过并非当下。《全面的教育》这部来自于约翰•方顿的必读书目将向我们展示---如何成为一名博学之士。
在这本短小精炼的小书中，阅读每一个章节只需耗费你大约享用一杯热可可的时间，而你将从此被赋予生存的基本技能，你将成为一名具有常识之人。
在书中，方顿将为我们进行科学、自然与地球、政治、哲学与经济学、人类学与文化、历史与动物园学等诸多领域的涉猎，广泛探寻人类知识。此外，书中还就如何发展成为一个全面的人做出引导，并提供相应的所需技能：从诗歌、音乐到艺术与辩论以及防卫（例如讽刺）。
很显然，《全面的教育》并无法确保你在阅读后便可以化身为活字典，然而它却可以确保你获得最基本的自信，从而可以更好的投身于未知的领域之中，去专研你所未知的知识范畴，最终能够在自己所研究之领域成为一名有所精通之人，而非泛泛之辈。（DC）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 约翰•方顿，毕业于剑桥耶稣学院，他是一名作家，著有多部关于当代问题的作品，其中包括畅销书《你觉得自己聪明吗》和《世界上最伟大的想法》（Icon Books）。此外他还为儿童们创作了大量的作品，主要有《别开门》（Dorling Kindersley），他曾四次获得皇家协会图书奖青少年组提名。作者现居伦敦市伊斯灵顿区。
John Farndon, a graduate of Jesus College, Cambridge, is the author of many books on contemporary issues, including the bestselling Do you Think you are Clever and The World’s Greatest Idea (Icon Books). He also writes widely for children, including Do Not Open (Dorling Kindersley), and has been shortlisted four times for the Royal Society Junior Book Prize. He lives in Islington, London.
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