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[German] Luckmann: “The Invisible Religion”

Culture & Public Commentary2006.01.28
[German] Luckmann: “The Invisible Religion”
[German] Luckmann: The Invisible Religion: The Problem of Religion in Modern Society, translated by Qinfang Ming, China Renmin University Press, October 2003 This book was published in 1967, and we can see that even after forty years, its insights still feel strikingly up to date. For me, this was an inspiring read; I did not study it especially carefully, but read it through in one breath while standing up (though I still did read every word from beginning to end). I have always felt that all the predicaments faced by modern society can ultimately be traced back to two topics—science and religion—and, in particular, when examining Western society and Western…
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2006年1月28日
Zhao Lin: “Hegel’s Philosophy of Religion,” Wuhan University Press, April 2005

Philosophy & Thought2006.01.27
Zhao Lin: “Hegel’s Philosophy of Religion,” Wuhan University Press, April 2005
Zhao Lin: Hegel’s Philosophy of Religion, Wuhan University Press, April 2005 Philosophy of religion is a rather important link in Hegel’s thought. In fact, Hegel’s entire system of thought can be called a kind of rational theology. Concern with religion runs through Hegel’s whole life, and the contradictions and uncertainties in his view of religion are precisely the fuse that triggered the split in the Hegelian school. For that reason, philosophy of religion ought to be an excellent entry point for studying Hegel. This book is both highly organized and theoretically deep; in fact, it can also be read as a guide to Hegel’s thought. Of course, it is also…
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2006年1月27日
Sun Xiaoli, editor: Philosophical Debates on Modern Science

Philosophy & Thought2006.01.27
Sun Xiaoli, editor: Philosophical Debates on Modern Science
Sun Xiaoli, ed.: *Philosophical Disputes in Modern Science*, 2nd ed., Beijing University Press, August 2003, (editor in charge: Su Xiangui~~, Gu Weiyu) Du XunSun Xiaoli: New Features of Modern Mathematics Pages 8–9 While mathematics was moving toward “specialization” and “complexification,” many ideas in the major disciplines were gradually becoming unified, and the boundaries among the major disciplines were becoming increasingly blurred. Therefore, although the content of mathematical science is immensely abundant and its scope enormous, the holistic conception of mathematics has reappeared, and workers in all kinds and branches of mathematical science have once again realized that they are engaged in a common undertaking. ////——This is good news. Liu Xiaoli:…
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2006年1月27日
[U.S.] Tom Rockmore: “Hegel: Before and After”

Philosophy & Thought2006.01.26
[U.S.] Tom Rockmore: “Hegel: Before and After”
[U.S.] Tom Rockmore: “Hegel: Before and After—An Introduction to the Historical Thought of Hegel,” translated by Ke Xiaogang, Peking University Press, April 2005 This is a very good introduction to Hegel’s thought. As the blurb on the cover says: “The main aim of this book is to provide a very simple—but by no means simplistic—road into Hegel, serving as a guide to the thought of a man who belongs among the most important philosophers of all time.” After reading this book, I have deeply felt the profundity and importance of Hegel’s thought, even though my appreciation of Kant’s philosophy still seems to far exceed my appreciation of Hegel’s. But I…
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2006年1月26日
Deng Xiaomang: Lectures on Hegel’s Dialectic

Philosophy & Thought2006.01.24
Deng Xiaomang: Lectures on Hegel’s Dialectic
Deng Xiaomang: Lectures on Hegel’s Dialectics, Peking University Press, October 2005 The immediate consequence of finishing this book is that the image of Mr. Deng Xiaomang in my mind has taken a big hit! Of course, Mr. Deng’s views and arguments are relatively profound, and the rigor and perseverance he showed in translating the Three Critiques have always made me admire him. However, the problem is that this book is a lecture transcript of his course for undergraduates, and I think the simplistic critical style he displays when teaching undergraduates and beginners is irresponsible. In particular, as for his appraisals of Chinese culture, the simplistic denigration he practices is very…
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2006年1月24日
Selected Diary Entries of Kierkegaard

Life & Notes2006.01.23
Selected Diary Entries of Kierkegaard
[Denmark] Søren Kierkegaard: Selected Kierkegaard Diaries, selected and edited by [Denmark] Peter P. Rohde, translated by Yan Kejia and Yao Beiqin, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Press, 1996 Kierkegaard is one of the philosophers of irrationalist currents whom I admire rather more. What I admire in him chiefly are his “three stages of life” and his view of religion (it seems that a thinker’s attitude toward religion is what most determines how much I like him; only after that comes his attitude toward science). Of course, admiring a thinker’s ideas does not in the least mean agreeing with them. I take a reserved attitude overall toward the excerpts below that…
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2006年1月23日
Zhao Tingyang: “On Possible Life”

Philosophy & Thought2006.01.23
Zhao Tingyang: “On Possible Life”
Zhao Tingyang: “On Possible Life—A Theory Concerning Happiness and Justice,” Renmin University of China Press, July 2004 I originally bought this book because I was drawn to its title—I happened to be thinking about some questions concerning what ethics is, and “On Possible Life” seemed able to express my own view of ethics, which instantly brightened my eyes. But after reading it, I found that although Zhao Tingyang’s book is indeed a monograph on ethics, his understanding of “possible life” is very different from what I had imagined. Zhao Tingyang’s book is still quite interesting. I saw that Ji Xianlin and Li Zehou gave it rather high praise, but after…
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2006年1月23日
Cao Tianyuan (Capo): “Does God Play Dice? — A History of Quantum Physics”

History of Science & Scholarship2006.01.16
Cao Tianyuan (Capo): “Does God Play Dice? — A History of Quantum Physics”
Cao Tianyuan (Capo): “Does God Play Dice?—A History of Quantum Physics,” Liaoning Education Publishing House, January 2006 Taking a hard-seat train home is really quite nice. I slept for six hours, read for six hours, and the whole night passed in a rather fulfilling way. That night I happened to finish this idle read. I have always not read popular science books on the cutting edge when they’re written by Chinese authors, but this one was an exception. What attracted me was the advertising copy on the cover: “A popular science book of super influence, hailed as ‘China’s A Brief History of Time’; strongly recommended by Dong Guangbi, Jiang Xiaoyuan,…
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2006年1月16日
Two Marxist-Philosophy Short-Answer Questions I Didn’t Want to Answer by the Book + A Supplement to Short Answer Question 5 in Marxist Philosophy (Part II)

Philosophy & Thought2006.01.05
Two Marxist-Philosophy Short-Answer Questions I Didn’t Want to Answer by the Book + A Supplement to Short Answer Question 5 in Marxist Philosophy (Part II)
1．What is the dialectical view of negation? Illustrate it with the attitude one should take toward cultural tradition. First let us look at what the dialectical view of negation is not: In The Poverty of Philosophy, Marx satirized Proudhon’s vulgar use of dialectics. Marx said, “Let us see what Monsieur Proudhon has made of Hegel’s dialectic when he applies it to his economic theory… Monsieur Proudhon thinks that the good and the bad sides, the advantages and the disadvantages, together make up the contradiction inherent in every economic category. What needs to be done is to preserve the good side and eliminate the bad side.” —What we see here is…
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2006年1月5日
Kant: On a clear night, gazing up at the starry sky…

Philosophy & Thought2005.12.25
Kant: On a clear night, gazing up at the starry sky…
Kant: An Introduction to the History of the Development of the Universe, translated by Quan Zengjia, proofread by Wang Fushan, Shanghai Translation Publishing House, 2001 Stars are fixed Posted on 2005-12-25 18:55:01 Page 142, concluding remarks …. In fact, if one’s feelings are satisfied by such inquiries and by everything said above, then on a clear night, gazing up at the starry sky, one will experience a kind of delight that only a noble soul can truly feel. In the stillness of all sounds and the repose of the senses, the latent cognitive powers of the immortal spirit will, in a mysterious language, hint to us at certain concepts not…
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2005年12月25日