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The Problem of Degrees of Freedom in Love

Life & Notes2009.06.25
The Problem of Degrees of Freedom in Love
This, really, is not even a true problem; I’m just using these two keywords to say a few things. First, there are two layers to the matter here: one is the problem of love, the other is the problem of freedom, and these two problems can often be discussed separately. For instance, sometimes a relationship runs into problems, and on the surface it seems that the conflict was caused by mutual interference with each other’s freedom; but in fact some act of interference or intrusion is at most merely the spark that set things off, while the more fundamental problem had already been planted long before. As for the more…
philosophy freedom autobiography human nature
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2009年6月25日
How wonderful it is to fly through the air and kiss the earth when it rains…

Life & Notes2009.06.08
How wonderful it is to fly through the air and kiss the earth when it rains…
The situation was like this: This evening, after finishing my English exam at 8:30 and coming back from school, there was a drizzling rain, wet pavement, dim streetlights…… I rode my bike to the intersection of Zhongguancun Avenue and the Fourth Ring Road; the light was basically green. As I rode to the middle of the road, a car coming toward me, either making a U-turn or turning, suddenly appeared. I stopped, preparing to turn aside and go around it, but it lurched forward (it seemed to accelerate) and hit the front of my bike head-on, after which I was thrown to the ground. Since the turning car was not…
everyday life self emotion death
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2009年6月8日
Philosophy and Poetry

Philosophy & Thought2009.05.17
Philosophy and Poetry
I had long wanted to write an article about poetry, but I kept putting pen to paper, and the folder I had created called “Music—Poetry” had never lived up to its name. One reason I kept not writing was that I felt I was, after all, a complete illiterate, utterly ignorant; how could I presume to talk about poetry? Apart from the Tang poems I learned in class as a child, and the poetry collections by Bei Dao, Hai Zi, and the like that I now very occasionally flip through at random, I have virtually no firsthand experience of reading poetry at all. At the same time, as for criticism…
philosophy pluralism Plato reason
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2009年5月17日
Remembering Illness While Ill

Life & Notes2009.04.06
Remembering Illness While Ill
The previous stretch was all nostalgia; it seemed even my body had gotten nostalgic, too. A bout of the flu has risen and fallen with the fluctuations in temperature, dragging on for more than two weeks, and even today it still hasn’t fully cleared up…… Although I’ve had quite a few colds in recent years, they usually pass in three to five days, and I’ve never had that up-and-down relapse of getting better and worse again. That sort of condition was actually quite common when I was little. As a child I had very poor constitution; I caught colds all the time, took sick leave more than a few times,…
everyday life emotion traditional Chinese medicine childhood
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2009年4月6日
A Set of Questions About Falling in Love

Life & Notes2008.11.30
A Set of Questions About Falling in Love
A Set of Questions About Dating I saw this set of questions on Mist’s campus page (though he likes to change his name; still, I’ll allow myself to address him this way) (http://blog.xiaonei.com/GetEntry.do?id=341170940&owner=5675), and he didn’t go on to tag anyone else. But looking at these kinds of questions, I thought they might be somewhat helpful in introducing my views on love, so I took the initiative and asked him to tag me~ After all, if I always use my own language and perspective to explain my views on love and such, the things I focus on may be completely at cross purposes with what ordinary people care about….
autobiography emotion trust relationism
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2008年11月30日
The Joy of “Dissatisfaction”

Philosophy & Thought2008.10.12
The Joy of “Dissatisfaction”
In my philosophy, “love” is an extremely central concept. A detailed exposition of this concept has not yet been worked out; but to give a preliminary indication, one may say that before we get to the level of “overflow” and “outpouring,” that is, before speaking of “giving” or “offering oneself,” the most primitive and basic meaning of “love” is after all “desire” and “need,” and its root is “dissatisfaction.” What I want to talk about here is precisely this “dissatisfaction.” People usually regard “dissatisfaction” as a bad state, associating it with pain and resentment; correspondingly, “satisfaction” is seen as a good state, associated with comfort and happiness. Yet I say:…
philosophy pursuit emotion love
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2008年10月12日
“United in Hatred Against the Enemy” and “Hating Evil as Though It Were an Enemy”: I Can’t Do That.

Life & Notes2008.07.04
“United in Hatred Against the Enemy” and “Hating Evil as Though It Were an Enemy”: I Can’t Do That.
Friends who have long followed Suixuan will probably already have noticed that Unic, who used to be a regular here and once declared how much she agreed with my views and how much she supported my blog, suddenly became so agitated after I came back from my period of seclusion that she eventually left Suixuan. Some people may wonder: what on earth happened? In fact I was quite astonished myself; I really had underestimated a girl’s emotional reactions. But there was nothing to be done about it. Gentleness and deference may put others at ease, but they cannot help them reach a decision. And since she was facing the college…
philosophy faith autobiography human nature
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2008年7月4日
“Love” as the Ultimate Meaning

Philosophy & Thought2008.02.18
“Love” as the Ultimate Meaning
What is the meaning of asking about the meaning of a thing? Broadly speaking, it is asking why one does this thing. But the purpose of a thing is often very hard to determine: the meaning of eating is to eliminate hunger, or to increase nutrition, or to satisfy taste, or perhaps to serve several purposes at once. At the same time, meaning can be further questioned. For example, if I say eating is for the sake of increasing nutrition, then one can ask again: what is the meaning of increasing nutrition? Continuing to ask about the meaning of increasing nutrition, one might answer that it is for the sake…
philosophy faith reason emotion
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2008年2月18日
A Tentative Discussion of Schopenhauer’s Spirit of Rationalism

History of Science & Scholarship2008.01.10
A Tentative Discussion of Schopenhauer’s Spirit of Rationalism
The epigraph to the first part of *The World as Will and Representation* quotes Rousseau: “Step out of childhood, my friend, awaken!” What did Schopenhauer want to express by this line? We might as well compare it with a fable he wrote late in life: “A mother, with the hope of educating and cultivating her children’s minds, lets them read Aesop’s fables; but they soon send the book back, and the eldest, precocious child says: this is not the sort of book we read; it is too childish, too silly; you cannot make us believe that foxes and wolves can talk, and we shall read nothing of the kind again!…
phenomenology Kant knowledge paper
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2008年1月10日
Friend

Life & Notes2007.09.14
Friend
What kind of person is your friend? Not someone for whom you can die; that is your “idol.” Nor someone for whom you live; that is only your beloved. Nor necessarily someone you spend every day with, inseparable; that may just be playmates. Nor necessarily someone who shares your ideals and understands you; that may be comrades or bosom friends. Simply put, a friend is someone with whom you can share joy and shoulder sorrow. You are sad because your friend is sad, and joyful because your friend is joyful. Sorry, I said that wrong. Such a person is your family. Well, anyway, friends and family are more or less…
everyday life self emotion chess
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2007年9月14日