宋振庭同志写的“怎样自修哲学”和“什么是辩证法”二书(均系去年吉林人民出版社出版),企图对初学哲学者指出学习的方法和途径,并对辩证唯物主义作通俗的讲解。这确实是项极重要的工作,不注意这项工作是不对的。可是,做好这项工作并不是容易的,如果把它看得过于轻率,潦草从事,那当然是不能得到预想的结果的。宋振庭同志的这两本书,是不令人满意的,有许多错误是应该避免的,特别是“怎样自修哲学”一书,不仅 Comrade Song Zhengting’s two books, “How to Self-Study Philosophy” and “What is Dialectics” (all of which were published by Jilin People’s Publishing House last year), attempt to point out the methods and ways of learning for beginner-philosophers and make a general explanation of dialectical materialism. This is indeed an extremely important task. It is wrong not to pay attention to this task. However, it is not easy to do this work. If we look at it too carelessly and scribblely, we can not expect the result to be obtained. These two books by Comrade Song Zhengting are unsatisfactory. Many mistakes should be avoided, especially the book “How to Self-Study Philosophy,” not only