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[Unpinned][Pinned 2] An Introduction to Gu Chi, Contact Information, and Comments and Questions

Life & Notes2008.10.08
[Unpinned][Pinned 2] An Introduction to Gu Chi, Contact Information, and Comments and Questions
Suixuan’s miserably sparse comments and messages have always left me rather depressed. But when I look at those more popular academic blogs, most of the comments there are just “Good post,” “Respect,” “Adore,” “Saved,” and so on, or else a couple of contemptuous insults. Readers like me who can respectfully offer criticism are still very rare. Thinking of it that way, the quiet on Suixuan is actually a good thing. Many friends would rather communicate with me privately than leave even a few words on the blog, and of course I can understand that—as I, too, would rather argue online than ask questions in class. Everyone has his or her…
philosophy blog autobiography Peking University
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2008年10月8日
How I Came to Approach Philosophy of Science (A Whig History)

Life & Notes2008.09.27
How I Came to Approach Philosophy of Science (A Whig History)
I didn’t write it well… not recommended reading.. Life is full of possibilities. In the course of my growing up, had it not been for those chance encounters and coincidences, I’m afraid I would not have set out on the road I’m on now—perhaps I would have gone into economics, or become a scientist; most likely, perhaps, I would have become some kind of amateur science nerd or armchair philosopher. But in the end I still ended up here: the philosophy of technology at Peking University. It was accidental, and yet somehow it also feels as though it came naturally, the most natural outcome of all. Looking back over my…
autobiography Peking University mathematics modernity
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2008年9月27日
About My Private Residence

Life & Notes2008.09.25
About My Private Residence
xyt, if you don’t like this kind of thing, don’t come in~ About My Private Residence It has been more than a year since I moved from the former “Yangroupao Dwelling” into my new home; after going to graduate school I simply stopped applying for dormitory housing, so I can be said to have settled down here. At the very least, before I have children, this will certainly be my permanent residence. I once wrote a special piece on “Yangroupao Dwelling” and posted many photos, yet after moving into the new place for a year I still never mentioned it on the blog, merely slipping the new address in quietly…
everyday life technology blog
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2008年9月25日
This Week’s Music: Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E Minor, First Movement

Life & Notes2008.09.10
This Week’s Music: Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E Minor, First Movement
http://www.yf.net.cn/musichall/foreign_music/080218-02.mp3 A faster link, but a different version: http://hdl7lhk7.hfes.cn/uploadfile/e.mp3 Here’s another violin concerto~ Reposting a brief introduction: http://www.hongen.com/art/gdyy/amqbl/ga30903.htm The Violin Concerto in E minor was composed between 1838 and 1844, and first performed in 1845. Among Mendelssohn’s violin concertos, this one is the most famous, and together with Beethoven’s D major, Brahms’s D major, and Tchaikovsky’s D major violin concertos, it is known as one of the world’s four great violin concertos. The whole work is filled with tender romantic feeling and an even, well-proportioned formal beauty; the treatment of the violin is exquisite beyond compare, the melody is lovely, and the technique dazzling, reaching the summit of perfection. It…
everyday life music works
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2008年9月10日
Why “ideals” cannot be crushed by “reality”

Life & Notes2008.09.04
Why “ideals” cannot be crushed by “reality”
(This article is chaotic; not recommended reading.) We often see people who are so-called “idealists” — university students, for example — who, after they “step into society,” are struck by all the cruelty of “reality,” eventually give up their “ideals,” throw themselves into the embrace of “reality,” and become yet another “petty bourgeois.” We then say that an idealist has become realistic? But what does that mean? What exactly is idealism? And what is it that drives them to “become realistic”? The issue I mentioned last time in the 08 undergraduate freshmen group is precisely this. The previous article did not finish it, so let me start over. Speaking of…
philosophy autobiography knowledge pursuit
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2008年9月4日
What Is “Ideal”?

Life & Notes2008.08.31
What Is “Ideal”?
Today in the freshman group for the 2008 cohort, I mentioned this question (the 08 freshmen are really interesting): what is “ideal”? The concept of “ideal” is one I use fairly often, though I haven’t made many distinctions about it. In “Scattered Notes on Love and Hatred During the Period of Seclusion,” I brought up the connection between “idealism—subjective idealism—philosophy”; in an earlier article I probably mentioned it too (though I couldn’t find it); and more than two years ago, when I talked about “My Life Ideal,” I was using the word ideal entirely in everyday language; while two and a half years ago, in one of the articles that…
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2008年8月31日
This Issue’s Music: Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219, 3 MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5

Life & Notes2008.08.25
This Issue’s Music: Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219, 3 MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5
For five consecutive issues I haven’t posted any classical music. With the Olympics over, and as a sign that life is returning to normal, let’s bring classical music back to the blog homepage again~ Speaking of classical music, apart from Bach, the composer I’ve listened to most is probably Mozart. Maybe the total time I’ve spent listening to Mozart is even greater. But looking back, I realized that I’ve reposted Bach’s works here five times, yet not once have I posted Mozart. That seems a little hard to justify… So, a Mozart piece it is! Mozart’s Fifth Violin Concerto is a fine one, and conveniently there’s a complete, high-speed link…
everyday life music works
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2008年8月25日
[Repost] Yali’s piece about Liu Xiang’s withdrawal from the race is quite interesting~

Life & Notes2008.08.19
[Repost] Yali’s piece about Liu Xiang’s withdrawal from the race is quite interesting~
http://ariela.ycool.com/post.2927002.html I’ve also been a bit loquacious lately. After seeing Liu Xiang withdraw, once my own emotions had settled down a little, I thought: hmm, tonight I’m going online to look at the reactions from all sides. Sure enough, it was good reading. The Olympics are truly very good reading. Because we can infer that if Liu Xiang: 1 announced his withdrawal two days in advance. 1.1 He would be cursed to death by everyone, still betraying the 1.3 billion people and the 56 nationalities, still lacking sportsmanship, still being irresponsible; 1.2 He would be cursed to death by everyone, because he might fear he could…
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2008年8月19日
Human Flesh Search Is Terrifying

Life & Notes2008.07.23
Human Flesh Search Is Terrifying
Today I saw CCTV’s program “The Roundup of Human Flesh Search” on Everybody Talks Law, and it was truly astonishing. Too terrifying. Before, I had only witnessed the “power of Chinese netizens” in the Zhou Laohu affair; that power was indeed formidable, and its effects seemed positive as well, but even then my comments were anything but optimistic. Looking again at these “human flesh search” cases, they also serve to confirm my longstanding judgment: the Cultural Revolution is still continuing. The essence of the Cultural Revolution is not dictatorship or autocracy, but mob violence, the uproar of “justice.” When we see Chinese netizens, so “full of a sense…
everyday life China internet sociology
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2008年7月23日
Scattered Reflections on Love and Hate During My Retreat

Life & Notes2008.07.22
Scattered Reflections on Love and Hate During My Retreat
To write a long essay on the idea of “love,” the conception of this project began at least three years ago. But because of fluctuations in my thinking and other factors, I could not bring myself to start. Only just before my period of seclusion did I finally set down an “introductory note” and begin formally brewing this essay. What I post below is a tiny germ produced in the course of that brewing. The formulations here mainly come from the opportunity to exchange views with UNIC, and those exchanges also led to her distancing herself from me. Of course, all contextual information has been cut away; in any case,…
philosophy autobiography Marx Plato
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2008年7月22日