Author: 胡翌霖

This Issue’s Music: Civilization IV Theme Song “Baba Yetu”

Life & Notes2008.06.01
This Issue’s Music: Civilization IV Theme Song “Baba Yetu”
Let’s have a little game for Children’s Day~ Although I already picked a track from Civilization for a previous music post, I’ll choose one again. I originally wanted to choose the theme song of the latest expansion, Beyond the Sword, but I couldn’t find a link online, so I had to dig out the famous “Papa Boar” song instead~ Civilization IV is already close to perfect; the Warlords expansion, while adding some bricks and mortar, doesn’t change all that much, but Beyond the Sword has added some genuinely new elements. As its name suggests, Beyond the Sword focuses on elements beyond warfare, though this has long been a tradition of…
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2008年6月1日
[U.S.] Erich Fromm: The Art of Loving——☆

Culture & Public Commentary2008.05.31
[U.S.] Erich Fromm: The Art of Loving——☆
[U.S.]Erich Fromm: The Art of Loving, translated by Li Jianming , Shanghai Translation Publishing House2008, April,15 yuan—☆ Because The Art of Loving is easy to find online in electronic form, which saves me quite a bit of typing work, I therefore include more block quotations. The passages I would have selected if I had typed them myself are marked with underlining; the especially important parts are marked in bold; and my comments, as always, are set in Kai type. Preface, page1 This book will surely disappoint every reader who expects to derive from it the secret of mastering the art of loving. Quite the contrary, this book wants to…
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2008年5月31日
An Overview of Theories of Human Origins (Animal Biology Assignment)

History of Science & Scholarship2008.05.28
An Overview of Theories of Human Origins (Animal Biology Assignment)
The second assignment for *Animal Biology* took me a full two days and more, the greater part of which was spent fruitlessly searching Chinese Academic Journals for reference papers. In the end I once again discovered that nine out of ten papers written by Chinese people are garbage; books are still useful. And among books, only those written by foreigners are useful. Although the bibliography includes two Chinese books, one a textbook and the other one I bought specially, both clearly plagiarize whole passages from Richard Leakey’s *The Origin of Humankind*. But does saying that a book is “compiled” rather than “authored” mean one can omit notes? Even if “compiled”…
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2008年5月28日
[U.S.] Deborah Tannen: “Men and Women in Intimate Conversation” — ★

Culture & Public Commentary2008.05.23
[U.S.] Deborah Tannen: “Men and Women in Intimate Conversation” — ★
[U.S.]Deborah Tannen: *You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation*, translated by Wu Xingyi, Nanfang Publishing House, 2008——★ During my period of seclusion, I didn’t read very many books, and I don’t want to go through them one by one. This one book, however, I am willing to spend some time excerpting, since it also has a direct bearing on what I am going to write next. Of course, this book is by no means the only one that talks about the differences between men and women. Before it, there had already been highly publicized books such as *Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus*, and books of…
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2008年5月23日
Choosing Peking University, Taking on Freedom

Enlightenment & the Spirit of Freedom2008.05.22
Choosing Peking University, Taking on Freedom
The original writing plan for “Yanyuan—The Four Schools” had stalled for a long time because I shut myself away and hid from the blog. Now that graduation is practically upon me, it’s time to restart this task. Just then the student union was organizing a “My Yanyuan Memories — A Commencement Essay Collection for Peking University’s Class of 2008 Excellent Graduates,” asking each department to nominate writers. Although I do not like taking part in essay contests, especially those initiated by official bodies, I was going to write something anyway. So I might as well take part. There was also a call for submissions from 《Communist Youth Garden》, and perhaps…
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2008年5月22日
Only when one can love the whole world and all people can one truly love a single person.

Philosophy & Thought2008.05.20
Only when one can love the whole world and all people can one truly love a single person.
“If I truly love one person, then I also love other people; I will love the world and love life. If I can say to one person, ‘I love you,’ then I should also be able to say, ‘In you I love all people, the world, and myself.’” — Fromm That passage above really sounds as if I had said it myself. In fact, I had already said something similar long ago; it’s just that although I read The Art of Loving, I didn’t notice this sentence from Fromm at the time. Clearly, it points to my view very succinctly. Why am I deliberately singling out this sentence? I want…
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2008年5月20日
Kantian Ethics and “Anthropocentrism” (Draft)

History of Science & Scholarship2008.05.14
Kantian Ethics and “Anthropocentrism” (Draft)
Abstract: The “human-centeredness” represented by Kant has become the main target of contemporary environmental ethics, and whether nonhuman beings possess “intrinsic value” has become the focal point of controversy. Yet contemporary scholars’ interpretation of what exactly “intrinsic value” means is entirely different from Kant’s. Taking as its point of departure the “human-centeredness” widely criticized by environmental ethics, as well as basic ethical concepts such as “value” and “purpose,” this essay sorts through and comments on the features of Kantian ethics, and points out that environmental ethics’ criticisms of Kant are to a considerable extent based on misreading. This essay argues that the so-called human-centeredness in the Kantian sense is, in…
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2008年5月14日
On the Olympics on the Blogs of Two Teacher Wus

Site Matters2008.05.14
On the Olympics on the Blogs of Two Teacher Wus
I don’t really follow Professor Wu Fei’s blog; I only heard that the latest issue of Qingquanyuan was going to organize a discussion meeting on the Olympics, with Professor Wu Fei as the central figure and his two articles as the focus. I’ve always paid close attention to the Olympic spirit, so I went to read them too. The result was that I found I didn’t appreciate Professor Wu Fei’s way of putting things. Online, of course, I’m under no restraints, so if I wanted to criticize, I criticized. As for the specific consequences and how that discussion meeting ultimately went, I won’t concern myself with that~ Recently, I also…
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2008年5月14日
Some of the Text I Posted on KKBBS During My Seclusion

Life & Notes2008.05.14
Some of the Text I Posted on KKBBS During My Seclusion
I'll just paste the links directly. Among them, I think the discussion about the Chen Jiaying lecture at the very end is still worth a look; the others are just recorded here for the record~ Peking opera education should not be forcefully piloted and promoted in primary and secondary schools What resources can a “fourth concubine” get? More on the question of opening up the forum ZZ argues that the United States is not suited to implementing democracy Three suggestions for the moderators KeKe Forum Lecture 49: The Transformation of Science and the Reconstruction of Society (February 29) Peking University Forum on the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology,…
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2008年5月14日
Comeback Preview~

Life & Notes2008.05.03
Comeback Preview~
Locking the blog was pretty pointless; it didn’t help change my way of life as I had expected. Rather, it has made my life even less regular, and there’s even the danger that it will sap my vitality. By the way, my mood lately has been very complicated, with all kinds of emotions mixed together, but on the whole I’m a bit exhilarated, with a strong urge to write; writing with a pen is no longer enough to vent it all~ And then, hey, even Wu Laoshi has started blogging too, wahahaha~~ wahahahahaha~~ So I’m planning to come back earlier than expected, though it will probably be about a month…
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2008年5月3日