The day of my departure comes near. I have a thousand things to do, yet I sit here idle, thinking useless thoughts, the irrelevant, rebellious thoughts that well-regulated people never think, the thoughts that one hopes to banish by work, but that themselves banish work instead. How I envy those who always believe what they believe, who are not troubled by deadness and indifference to all that makes the framework of their lives. I have had the ambition to be of some use in the world, to achieve something notable, to give mankind new hopes. And now that the opportunity is near, it all seems dust and ashes. As I look into the future, my disillusioned gaze sees only strife and still more strife, rasping cruelty, tyranny, terror and slavish submission. The men of my dreams, erect, fearless and... (查看原文)
The prospect filled me with horror,but what filled me with even more horror was the fact that the anticipation of carnage was delightful to something like ninety per cent of the population. I had to revise my views on human nature.
I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love their children, but the War persuaded me that it is a rare exception. I had supposed that most people liked money better than almost anything else, but I discovered that they liked destruction even better. I had supposed that intellectuals frequently loved truth, but I found here again that not ten per cent of them prefer truth to popularity. (查看原文)
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伯特兰·罗素 作者
0 有用 🔒⛓Nemik 2020-12-25 13:45:59
标记一下，因为英文版好像没有关联作者
0 有用 Nicola Ivanez 2010-07-11 15:18:26
爱情、知识、同情。
0 有用 天空之城 2008-05-21 11:15:49
我喜欢这可爱的老头--
0 有用 pan 2010-03-01 11:59:28
很有趣
1 有用 巴普洛夫的狗 2013-08-12 22:11:46
为什么要夹杂着这么多信呢？自恋的表现？
0 有用 Joan 2023-10-01 21:45:29 韩国
继续，不过这本会读慢些。中译貌似比上一本要好些；不知道关键部分会不会有删改。
0 有用 澳梨很给 2023-06-28 11:15:30 上海
没有看全本，挑了中国的片段，对与罗素访华的描写笑死我了。非常有代入感，还有日本的片段也是，里面当时不同文化的差异在一些小细节上都有体现。好奇他是怎么做到每个细节都能这么详细记录的。不愧是每天要写好几小时的人啊。 另外书信里也提到当时中国的青年学生惊人的求知欲，以及对他非常尊重的待客之道（当作孔子第二来欢迎），当游记看看也蛮有趣的。 补充：有了小孩的罗素家庭幸福，但是增加了搞钱任务，数学原理和哲学都... 没有看全本，挑了中国的片段，对与罗素访华的描写笑死我了。非常有代入感，还有日本的片段也是，里面当时不同文化的差异在一些小细节上都有体现。好奇他是怎么做到每个细节都能这么详细记录的。不愧是每天要写好几小时的人啊。 另外书信里也提到当时中国的青年学生惊人的求知欲，以及对他非常尊重的待客之道（当作孔子第二来欢迎），当游记看看也蛮有趣的。 补充：有了小孩的罗素家庭幸福，但是增加了搞钱任务，数学原理和哲学都不好搞钱，还是讲幸福和性婚姻的比较能给大众带来共鸣。去美国演讲搞钱也多。为了孩子哲学家也要搞钱啊！ (展开)
0 有用 贝加尔湖畔 2023-03-16 17:38:15 浙江
信件部分过多，中国部分还不错
0 有用 Rider 2022-05-30 16:34:13
罗素的文笔太美了，每一个叙事角度都那样精致和谐。第二卷终于结束了一战，罗素先是去了俄国，又来到中国，又再次结婚并迎来了久违的子嗣，着手创办学校…离婚并再婚…直到经济不济被迫去美国谋生，靠着写作赚钱…好在卖钱的畅销书之中，还夹杂着写出《西方哲学史》。喜欢去美国之前的罗素，通过罗素的眼看历史，仿佛带上了真善美的滤镜，忘不掉独坐巴黎阳台与星空对话交谈；也忘不掉北京城墙上散步，在落日余晖中开始，一直走到一... 罗素的文笔太美了，每一个叙事角度都那样精致和谐。第二卷终于结束了一战，罗素先是去了俄国，又来到中国，又再次结婚并迎来了久违的子嗣，着手创办学校…离婚并再婚…直到经济不济被迫去美国谋生，靠着写作赚钱…好在卖钱的畅销书之中，还夹杂着写出《西方哲学史》。喜欢去美国之前的罗素，通过罗素的眼看历史，仿佛带上了真善美的滤镜，忘不掉独坐巴黎阳台与星空对话交谈；也忘不掉北京城墙上散步，在落日余晖中开始，一直走到一轮满月冉冉东升。 (展开)
0 有用 幺蛾子 2021-12-23 11:51:34
为什么要夹杂着这么多信呢？自恋的表现？ @2013-08-12 22:11:46