<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKuwasoma ni kukutana na akili katika vita na yenyewe na ulimwengu na tayari kwenda vita na wakosoaji wake, kama idadi yoyote ya kubadilishana katika robo ya karne iliyopita itaonyesha.  <response>: To read them is to encounter a mind at war with itself and the world and ready to go to war with his critics, as any number of exchanges over the past quarter-century will show. 