Marginalia uses the following scheme: page and line number of the
book in which comments were found is followed, in square brackets, by the
text commented upon. Following the closing square bracket is editorial
description, if any. (c/o = crossed out, r/b = replaced by, noted = a passage
marked by a vertical line in the outside margin; this seems to mean 'approved
of, significant, noteworthy', whereas passages indicated by a 'wavy line' seem
to be indicated as 'not straight thinking', 'almost certainly wrong', etc.) Following
editorial description is a colon, after which is Ven. Ñánavíra's
comment, if any. Which books were commented upon 'earlier' and which 'later'
(i.e. after 1959) is not always clear.
However, the marginalia for books by Sartre and Kierkegaard are included in
the 'later' collection and are not duplicated here. Ven. Ñánavíra
read all French books in the original; herein translations are offered.
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