1大約在五年前讀到威廉.詹姆士(WilliamJames)的教育著作TalkstoTeachersonPsychology,非常欽佩其對人類意識和認知這些極為複雜的過程的深刻理解。後來在書店見到詹姆士的另一本名著TheVarietiesofReligiousExperience(以下簡稱為Varieties),正好宗教也是我感興趣的話題,於是毫不猶豫地買下來。但是一讀之下並沒有抓住我的注意力,於是這書就在書架上高高的地方被供起來。前些時候,[
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已經讀過若幹遍高行健的這篇演講,每一次讀都深有共鳴。高所描述的過程,是所有偉大的文學產生的過程,也是人類所有偉大的真理被發現的過程。我在一些非常欣賞的句子下麵加了下劃線。文學的理由——高行健諾貝爾獎壇演講全文
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我不知道是不是命運把我推上這講壇,由種種機緣造成的這偶然,不妨稱之為命運。上帝之有無且不去說,麵對這不[
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選自JeffSchweitzer的文章China'sDownfall:theUltimateImpactofEnvironmentalDegradation:
ThemagnitudeoftheenvironmentalwasteanddestructioninChinaissostaggeringastobehardtocomprehend.Sixteenoftheworld's20mostpollutedcitiesareinChina.Nearlyone-thirdofallChineselacksaccesstopotablewater,withaper-capitasupplyaboutone-quartertheglobalaverage.Morethan70%ofChina'srivers,lakesandstreamsareheavilypolluted....[
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(fromBillMoyers–AWorldofIdeasII.ThebookwasacollectionofBillMoyers’sinterviewswith“someofthemostoutstandingmindsofourtime”.ThefollowingareexcerptsfromtheinterviewtranscriptwithRobertBly,apreeminentAmericanpoet.Iwasdeeplymovedbytheconversation.)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~關於父親/父輩對男孩/男人的決定性影響:Awomancanbringtheboyfrombeingafetustobeingaboy,butshecan’tmovehimfrombeingaboytobeingam...[
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摘自前言:這本書原打算名為“天堂之路”,後來我改為“墓碑”。“墓碑”有四重意思,一是為在1959年餓死的父親立墓碑;二是為3600萬餓死的中國人立墓碑;第三,為造成大饑荒的製度立下一個墓碑;第四,在寫這本書寫到一半時,北京宣武醫院在為我體檢中發現有“病變”(甲胎蛋白呈陽性),於是我加快了寫作的速度,下決心把這本書寫成,也算是為自己立一個墓[
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Nothingcansubstituteforone’sneedforexpression.Notwatchingmovie,notwatchingnews,notsurfingtheinternet,notlisteningtomusic,notreading. Feelingsnotexpressedorsuppressedbecomepoison.Amanseeshimselfonlywhenheseeshisexpression.Shallowthoughtscanbeexpressedinstantaneouslyandeffortlessly,whiletheexpressionofdeepconvictionsmayneedalifetime.Fearisalwaysinthewayofman’sexpressionofhimself.Man’s...[
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落葉打在車頂上,有如雨聲。車窗上稀疏的雨滴。人行道上氣喘籲籲的跑步者。甜點屋裏的喧嘩。偶爾冒起的激動的童聲。來了又去了的汽車聲。很多車都已開了大燈。眨著紅眼睛的左轉燈。車後揚起的落葉。
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(Writtenon10/22/08,twoweeksbeforeelection.)
WaitingforNov.4th
LarryDavid
Ican'ttakemuchmoreofthis.Twoweekstogo,andI'mattheendofmyrope.Ican'twork.Icaneat,butmostlystandingup.I'manxiousallthetimeandtakingitoutonmyex-wife,which,ironically,I'mfindingenjoyable.Thisislikewaitingfortheresultsofabiopsy.Actually,it'sworse.Biopsieso...[
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