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- By 洛楓
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- By 素黑
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- Damn You, Autocorrect! (3)
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Damn You, Autocorrect!

It is Just insanely crazy and FUNNY. You can't blame me once you have read the book - you just cannot put it down (especially in a hectic schedule). So Relaxing and it gives you so MANNNNNNY good laugh. I practically laugh out loud and out of breath. The silly jokes listed there are all due to the a ... (continue)

It is Just insanely crazy and FUNNY. You can't blame me once you have read the book - you just cannot put it down (especially in a hectic schedule). So Relaxing and it gives you so MANNNNNNY good laugh. I practically laugh out loud and out of breath. The silly jokes listed there are all due to the autocorrect function of those actually not-so-smart-smartphone. we all experience the embarrassing moment; and we all are frustrated by the fact that we are being stupidly autocorrected. interestingly most of the funny moments are in relation to some sex joke. i can't help but start thinking, hm. the autocorrect dictionary indeed is a pervert. believe me.
ha ha ha. this is a really good book as it really gives you some good time, though the joke are quite low. anyway. i love it.

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- 窮風流 (40)
- By 雷競璇
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- The Courage to Be (14)
- By Paul Tillich
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The Courage to Be

It is a bit disappointing. Perhaps it's just me.
Tillich tried to do his ontology project via his quest in handling the development of the issue of courage. That is a good start and indeed start of promising. With his highly acclaimed status I hold such a high expectation on this book.
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It is a bit disappointing. Perhaps it's just me.
Tillich tried to do his ontology project via his quest in handling the development of the issue of courage. That is a good start and indeed start of promising. With his highly acclaimed status I hold such a high expectation on this book.
The first part of the book is a bliss; in this section Tillich tried to offer three different kinds of anxieties, as anxiety is the counter part of courage, which dominates in different period of the European civilization. He dated back the issue to the time of Plato, then proceeded to medieval age and finally concluded with his contemporary, which more or less the time of cold war.
Yet the second half of the book is a bit disappointing. He tried to offered his own view on how courage should be appropriated to cope with different kind of anxieties. Basically Tillich tried to argue a participating courage yet not losing oneself to the group. He tried to give a middle way of courage of being. This hypothesis in itself sounds fine with me (whereas I would probably say this is the only way) yet his discourse with existentialism really get my nerve. Perhaps in his times existentialism was such a hype that he can't help but keep referring to the yet-developing ideologies. At least, I would not count Heidegger as an existentialist; yet as mentioned, you can see Tillich did under deep influence of Heidegger's notion of being-with, otherness and worldliness. Sadly as I put, by Tillich's time the depth of Heidegger is yet to be fully unfolded. So Tillich's argument, to me, is a bit repetitive or even superficial. (yeah i know will be condemned by many by jumping such a egoistic conclusion... anyway)
Still this book really enables me to understand how Tillich earns his acclamation as the cultural theologian of our days. His presentation in how arts and literature could tackle anxieties again, is a bliss to read. (though the coverage is very short)
in general i like the book, but due to the some a priori limitation, i would see The courage to be is for casual reading; for serious theologian writing, sadly it won't be included in the list.
Nevertheless, I like his notion of accepting "nonbeing" as the ultimate courage. The very last chapter is a decent roundup. =)

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- 夢華錄 (91)
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- 孤獨六講 (1692)
- 隨書附贈蔣勳主講「何謂孤獨」限量CD
- By 蔣勳
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孤獨六講

認真的, 讀這書時, 才發現自己原來過了讀蔣先生的年紀。他的敏感對於文藝中/青年的是非吸引, 可是至於文哲方一面的反思, 尤其是關於倫理和革命的那些部分, 卻讀得我好辛苦。
先說不喜歡－－當蔣先生寫革命時，很清楚感受到他有為革命者（失敗者／孤獨者）著書之心，更屢以司馬遷來比擬；可是，蔣勳這個名字在台灣文藝史上畢竟太有名，而他當教授當這麼久，我難以信服他可以為革命者書寫。蔣氏實際上是社會上成功顯赫的一群。他對革命者的想像，無論他有多少朋友屬於那個圈子，他終究只可以是一個旁觀者－－更要命的，是一個浪漫的旁觀者。作為小說家、創作人，這並毋不可；但若著書，就算是口述歷史，個人主觀的感情終會成為作品的 ... (continue)

認真的, 讀這書時, 才發現自己原來過了讀蔣先生的年紀。他的敏感對於文藝中/青年的是非吸引, 可是至於文哲方一面的反思, 尤其是關於倫理和革命的那些部分, 卻讀得我好辛苦。
先說不喜歡－－當蔣先生寫革命時，很清楚感受到他有為革命者（失敗者／孤獨者）著書之心，更屢以司馬遷來比擬；可是，蔣勳這個名字在台灣文藝史上畢竟太有名，而他當教授當這麼久，我難以信服他可以為革命者書寫。蔣氏實際上是社會上成功顯赫的一群。他對革命者的想像，無論他有多少朋友屬於那個圈子，他終究只可以是一個旁觀者－－更要命的，是一個浪漫的旁觀者。作為小說家、創作人，這並毋不可；但若著書，就算是口述歷史，個人主觀的感情終會成為作品的絆腳石（看大江大海便可知一二）；更何況，他是建制以內的人。他，便是權威、是受建制保護着的人。我不知道這個身分將給予他如何怎樣的一個世界觀，而這個世界觀又會怎樣地局限了他。
同時，倫理孤寂──我並不以為蔣先生把理說得清。某程度上，想尋求另一種倫理，跟另外幾種孤寂不同。倫理本身是屬於群體的。這本身是寂寞及要求無思考的。但蔣勳卻把想打造另一種倫理、或走出本身倫理的人稱為「孤寂」的人，我認為是不恰當的。他們並不需要反思自己要甚麼；他們可以單單地感到不滿，藉倫理道德來爬梳自己的情緒。這種爬梳可以是認同、或反抗，當中毋須理性參與。
三，我認為作者對竹林七賢的歷史過於簡化（也見於他對柏拉圖的理解）──竹林七賢七個人的理念並非完全類同，當中有人甚至想成為建制的一分子。不過魏晉南北朝實在有趣，遲些讀完萬繩南的書再說。
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至於蔣勳的自我反芻／反思，是寫得真好。他寫個人孤寂、思維孤寂等，都好看。好得，以上種種都讓我願意忍受以上的種種不喜歡，然後買了這書，甚至有機會推薦給別人。

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- Considerations on the Eternal Maxims
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万历十五年

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哪一年，是香港的萬曆十五年？

我是抱持着這個問題去讀這本書的。
知道這本書，不得不多謝進念二十面體；否則也不知道有這一本書，也不知道這個名字。書有趣，因為是從大歷史觀去看小事情，當中不得不讓人想起 Foucault 的 discursive power－－我們的一言一行，其實既是各人的自由選擇，只是這份選擇不得不順從着整個時代面景、精神面貌。或可笑、或可悲，種種事蹟，歷史都摻了一腳。
一如董建華。董建華這個名字，忽然很遙遠。他是香港特別行政區的首屆首長（噢，萬曆，神宗，是明代某一個皇帝，曾經有過雄心壯志，想勵精圖治），他提出八萬五、他提出矽港，一一都化為污有（噢，萬曆，神宗，既受張居正的掣肘，還要面對文官的權爭暗鬥、虛 ... (continue)

我是抱持着這個問題去讀這本書的。
知道這本書，不得不多謝進念二十面體；否則也不知道有這一本書，也不知道這個名字。書有趣，因為是從大歷史觀去看小事情，當中不得不讓人想起 Foucault 的 discursive power－－我們的一言一行，其實既是各人的自由選擇，只是這份選擇不得不順從着整個時代面景、精神面貌。或可笑、或可悲，種種事蹟，歷史都摻了一腳。
一如董建華。董建華這個名字，忽然很遙遠。他是香港特別行政區的首屆首長（噢，萬曆，神宗，是明代某一個皇帝，曾經有過雄心壯志，想勵精圖治），他提出八萬五、他提出矽港，一一都化為污有（噢，萬曆，神宗，既受張居正的掣肘，還要面對文官的權爭暗鬥、虛偽禮儀），他經常說，整個政府都跟自己對着幹。
其實，沒有甚麼正反，事情的發生，一直都是持續不斷的過程。因卻又不能簡言為因，歷史不是歷史劇，無法非黑即白，說港英政府是與非都把事情簡化了。一如《萬曆十五年》所說的每一個人，每一個也許都是悲劇，在時間的巨輪下，誰是狗雄誰是英雄，都無法走得「因緣際遇」這四個字。歷史的千絲萬縷，綿密如人心。
說回書本身。我少讀歷史書，不懂得如何說好和不好。作者雖道以萬曆十五年為橫切面，老樹盤根綜橫交錯，前後各年的各種事宜才是探索尋問的指向。當時的人對張居正的評價，在短短幾年間便有天壤之別，所謂事實，其實不過是角度和權宜。萬曆的心灰意冷有跡可尋；申時行的力出若無卻始終不能讓他在眾口之中逍遙，倖免於難，這些除了叫我想起「人言可畏」，還有海老的 the other。
他們都不得不成為 inauthentic being。儒家，一直強調的，是他人，不是自己。應該無我。應該以他人來審視自己，讓自己成為他人。
一抹悲涼。

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- 漢字書法之美 (480)
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