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09-09-11

Life & Notes2009.09.11
09-09-11
Unless there are any unforeseen changes, tomorrow the Xindao Salon will continue operating as usual; if no one else is around, I’ll leave in the evening, but I’ll definitely be there at noon and in the afternoon. The new semester will continue to unfold the opening序幕 of my zodiac year’s departure. The neglect of this summer will be somewhat improved, and the blog will also resume a regular rhythm of updates. Of course I haven’t forgotten to commemorate the day three years ago today. Perhaps I didn’t do any ritual today, and everything has gone on happily as usual, but in the end I still want to leave a little…
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2009年9月11日
Notes from Today’s Xindao Salon, 09-08-29

Life & Notes2009.08.29
Notes from Today’s Xindao Salon, 09-08-29
Today was the first trial reopening of the salon after the summer break, and two new friends came by. Next week’s salon time is still undecided. As for the positioning of ethics and philosophy: what is ethics studying? Good and evil (right and wrong)? Ends? Human relations? The manner and aim of philosophy? Conceptual analysis? Taxonomy? The mode of expression of philosophy? What is environmental ethics? Philosophy of technology, art, and ideas… Overall, I didn’t say much; I mainly played the role of the one asking questions. The girls who were present spoke very little—perhaps they could add some comments on the blog? Anyway, I won’t record too…
philosophy everyday life blog salon
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2009年8月29日
Xindao Salon Will Experimentally Resume on August 29

Life & Notes2009.08.20
Xindao Salon Will Experimentally Resume on August 29
The New Island Salon Will Experimentally Restart on August 29 Still atthe Suzhouqiao subway station entrance, at the Zhongguancun branch of New Island Coffee, at the easternmost window seat in the non-smoking area. I’ll still go in the morning, though I may not get there exactly at 9, and in the evening I’ll probably leave around nine or ten. As for the time and place next semester, those may still be adjusted; we’ll talk about it then. A little incidental commemoration of today @_@ Latest Comments unic 2009-08-30 18:06:46 Anonymous 115.155.143.75 Seeing pink text on Suixuan is a rare thing~
everyday life blog public sphere conference review
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2009年8月20日
Notes from Today’s Xin Dao Salon 09-06-20

Life & Notes2009.06.20
Notes from Today’s Xin Dao Salon 09-06-20
Today I brought three slim books of minor historical studies, but looking at them I felt nothing much— or rather, I had no mind to read. In the morning, an old classmate who has been staying at my place these past few days came along, and left before lunch to go to a gathering. byz came at noon to keep me company while I sat there in a daze; a little later qy&zgz came by to chat idly; a little later byz left for a meeting. In the evening zzg arrived to chat idly; a little later qy&zgz left, and zzg and I sat there in a daze; a little…
philosophy everyday life blog public sphere
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2009年6月20日
Notes from Today’s Xindao Salon 09-06-13

Life & Notes2009.06.13
Notes from Today’s Xindao Salon 09-06-13
Today no one came… I’m getting ready to leave early… After finishing that assignment translation, all that was left was Sun Laoshi’s paper. Today I hauled over a pile of books about Aristotle, only to discover that after finishing the translation I was suddenly drained of energy and could hardly read them, so the latter half of the day was more or less wasted… All at once I found myself missing the days of studying at Egg Hall with A Fei. It really is true that the more one sits idly alone, the more foolish one becomes. Worse still, I didn’t bring my headphones, so I couldn’t even listen to…
everyday life book reading blog Aristotle
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2009年6月13日
Notes from Today’s New Island Salon, 09-05-30 [and a Preview of the Next Round of Salons]

Life & Notes2009.05.30
Notes from Today’s New Island Salon, 09-05-30 [and a Preview of the Next Round of Salons]
Unexpectedly, quite a few people came today, especially since someone surnamed Li happened to be passing by on the way, which made me very pleased… I’m thinking about the form of the forum next semester. In addition to keeping its current openness and spontaneity, I also want to add some more proactively organized activities, such as reading groups and regular presentations. For some reasons, I feel that perhaps the regular-presentation format is more suitable. Of course, a reading group might also be organized at the same time, but the latter requires some fixed members with particular strengths in order to function well, whereas the former is comparatively more flexible and…
everyday life book reading scholarship blog
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2009年5月30日
Today’s Xindao Salon Jottings 09-05-16

Life & Notes2009.05.16
Today’s Xindao Salon Jottings 09-05-16
With finals approaching, maybe this was a dying flash of the setting sun? This issue of New Island saw an astonishing number of people showing up, especially those rare and hard-to-see exotic beasts, including four old-timers I had summoned, as well as Senior Brother Botian, who parachuted in on his own! Originally I had pulled those folks together for lunch; as it happened, there are usually no outsiders around before and after noon, which gave the old-timers plenty of room to let loose. Who would have thought that a certain group of people wouldn’t show up for lunch until around half past one or two o’clock = =||| In the…
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2009年5月16日
On the Original Content of My Philosophy

Philosophy & Thought2009.04.07
On the Original Content of My Philosophy
First of all, I myself have never cared about what so-called original content my philosophy may have. What matters is that my philosophy belongs to me; even to say that my philosophy is myself is enough. What I pursue is self-knowledge and self-improvement, and all the works that take textual form and flow outward are merely “traces” of that pursuit, not the pursuit itself. No matter how important those things may be to me, whether treated with indifference like excrement or treasured and worn like a diamond ring, they are not in themselves all that important. It is like pursuing a love affair: in the process, there will be memories,…
philosophy blog self truth
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2009年4月7日
(Expired) Unless something comes up, every Saturday I’ll be in the window-side corner of the non-smoking area at Xindao

Life & Notes2009.03.29
(Expired) Unless something comes up, every Saturday I’ll be in the window-side corner of the non-smoking area at Xindao
Unless something unexpected happens, I’ll be at the corner by the window in the smoke-free section of Xindao every Saturday. If you’re coming, there’s no need to text me in advance or anything like that; when I’m in the café, I often can’t hear my phone ring. If some special situation arises and I need to suspend this, I’ll announce it in advance on my blog and on campus. For example, every year I have to go back to Shanghai twice or so. There will definitely be a notice before any suspension, so please rest assured. If there’s no explanation either on the blog or on campus, and you come…
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2009年3月29日
Introduction to the Dialogues of Xindao

Life & Notes2009.03.07
Introduction to the Dialogues of Xindao
I haven’t updated the blog much these past several times. On the one hand, it’s because lately I’ve been busy with all sorts of miscellaneous things and haven’t had any mental free time; on the other hand, because some time ago I suddenly had the urge to write in a “dialogue” form, but got stuck halfway through. Only today did I finally rekindle the urge to write, and I’ve now finished the previously stuck draft of the No. 〇 piece, but I still have no motivation to write the first piece (though I already have the title). According to my plan, all of these “dialogues” will be written by me…
everyday life culture blog Plato
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2009年3月7日