艾里希·弗罗姆不了解任何事物的人,不会爱任何事物。不能做任何事的人就不能够理解任何事。不能理解任何事的人也就百无一用。但是能理解的人也能爱,能注意,能看见……一件事物所含有的知识越多,爱也就越多……任何想像着所有水果会跟草莓在同一时间成熟的人,都对葡萄的情况一无所知。帕拉塞萨斯(Paracelsus,1493-1514)德国医学家第一章爱是一门艺术吗?爱是一门艺术吗?如果爱是一门艺术,那就要求人们有这方面的知识并付出相应的努力。或者,如果爱仅仅是一种令人心神荡漾的情感,体验爱全靠偶然并且只有幸运儿才能“坠入”爱的情网呢?我们的这本小书是立基于前一种假设的;而大多数人毫无疑问是相信第二种假设的。...
Bureaucracyby Honore de BalzacTranslated by Katharine Prescott WormeleyDEDICATIONTo the Comtesse Seraphina San Severino, with the respectfulhomage of sincere and deep admiration.De Balzac.BUREAUCRACYCHAPTER ITHE RABOURDIN HOUSEHOLDIn Paris, where men of thought and study bear a certain likeness toone another, living as they do in a common centre, you must have metwith several resembling Monsieur Rabourdin, whose acquaintance we are...
On Books and the Housing of Themby William Ewart GladstoneIn the old age of his intellect (which atthis point seemed to taste a little ofdecrepitude), Strauss declared [1] that the doctrine ofimmortality has recently lost the assistanceof a passable argument, inasmuch as it hasbeen discovered that the stars are inhabited;for where, he asks, could room now be foundfor such a multitude of souls? Again, in viewof the current estimates of prospective...
上海也一样。所有的杂志报纸,无论是中文还是英文,围绕的主题永远逃不开这两个,随手翻起一本来,看到都是同样的东西,要么就是奥巴马黑皮肤的脸,要么就是华尔街黑压压的天空。只是在美国人心里,前者代表着“希望”,而后者代表着“绝望”——当然,奥巴马的反对者们可不这么认为。所谓道高一尺魔高一丈,再大的滔天巨浪席卷而来,还有防汛墙当着。这样的时刻,中国成为了某些冒险家们的避难所,而上海,则是这个避难缩领域中,最光彩夺目的那颗明珠。所以陆家嘴依然流光溢彩,物欲纵横。环球金融中心每天耸立在云层里。寂寞的要死。只等着身边的那栋“上海中心”可以早日拔地而起,以解除它独孤求败的寂寞。所以“上海中心”围起来的那圈工地上,像是上海生命力异常顽强的心跳声。一幢一幢摩天大楼中介,依然匆忙奔走着西装笔挺的精英们,他们用电话控制着上海的经济命脉——或者说,上海用手机信号作为提线,控制着他们这群木...
A Theologico-Political Treatise [Part I]by Benedict de SpinozaAlso known as Baruch SpinozaTranslated by R. H. M. ElwesPart 1 - Chapters I to VTABLE OF CONTENTS:PREFACE.Origin and consequences of superstition.Causes that have led the author to write.Course of his investigation.For what readers the treatise is designed. Submission of author...
Lavengro, The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priestby George BorrowPREFACEIN the following pages I have endeavoured to describe a dream,partly of study, partly of adventure, in which will be foundcopious notices of books, and many descriptions of life andmanners, some in a very unusual form.The scenes of action lie in the British Islands; - pray be notdispleased, gentle reader, if perchance thou hast imagined that Iwas about to conduct thee to distant lands, and didst promise...
《蛇吞象》 总序《蛇吞象》 序序在现代社会,很多年轻人和有志之士不甘于平庸的生活,他们想在自己的人生中干出一番大的事业,但是很多人都是眼高手低,或徘徊于创业的初期,或停顿于事业的中途,因此他们的创业和成功需要指点,需要借鉴。古今中外,人们所推崇的大多是思想家、政治家、艺术家、军事家,然而在富豪当中,也不乏有识之士。我们不能无视那些有亿万资产的企业家,他们对现代经济产生了深刻的影响。他们大多建立了自己的事业帝国,为世界的发展、繁荣、富强做出了巨大的贡献。作为现代的人,应该学习他们在发家致富的过程中所展示的聪明才智。他们或在云谲波诡的商海里翻波逐浪,或在变幻莫测的股市中跌打滚爬,或在兴办实业中奋斗拼搏……他们高瞻远瞩,敢为人先,敢冒风险;积累起雄厚的资金,建立起自己梦想的事业,同时也充分显示了一个人战胜自我、把握命运的智慧和胆识。...