From Ancient Greek philosophy to the French Revolution to the modern welfare state, in Authority and the Individual Bertrand Russell tackles the perennial questions about the balance between authority and human freedom. With characteristic clarity and deep understanding, he explores the formation and purpose of society, education, moral evolution and social, economic...
From Ancient Greek philosophy to the French Revolution to the modern welfare state, in Authority and the Individual Bertrand Russell tackles the perennial questions about the balance between authority and human freedom. With characteristic clarity and deep understanding, he explores the formation and purpose of society, education, moral evolution and social, economical and intellectual progress. First of the famous BBC Reith lectures, this wonderful collection delivers Russell at his intellectual best.
先知、神秘主义者、诗人、科学发明家，身心都被一种超越俗世的视界统占，骨子里离群索居；当此种（超世）冲动极强烈时，他们无法违背内心深切相信来屈从权威。因此他们常在当时遭受迫害，却往往得到后世极高尊崇。又恰恰是这类人，把世间之极珍贵价值带给我们——不只在信仰、艺术、科学，还有我们对他人的共情，对社会职责理解的完善，和所有其他——这一切都极大程度上有赖那些，思想和情感皆不屈于世的孤独探索者。 ...prophets, mystics, poets, scientific discoverers, are men whose lives are dominated by a vision; they are essentially solitary men. When their dominant impulse is strong, they feel that they cannot obey authority if it runs counter to what they profoundly believe to be good. Although, on this account, they are often persecuted in their own day, they are apt to be, of all men, those to whom posterity pays the highest honour. It is such men who put into the world the things that we most value, not only in religion, in art, and in science, but also in our way of feeling towards our neighbour, for i... (查看原文)
These lecture scripts from the spring of 1949 are still informative in the present day, the ideal world should not make people timid and tame, instead, people ought to be encouraged to be bold and adv...These lecture scripts from the spring of 1949 are still informative in the present day, the ideal world should not make people timid and tame, instead, people ought to be encouraged to be bold and adventurous except in inflicting injuries upon others. (展开)
“所有伟大的宗教引路人，所有伟大的艺术家和智性开拓者，在履行他们创造冲动时，都流露出一种道德迫切感，以及创造完成时体验到德性升华。这是福音所述对上帝职责的情感基础，并且（我再说一遍）和神学信仰相区分。”——伯特兰·罗素 （原文：“All great religious leaders,...
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伯特兰·罗素 作者
遮天的花
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2 有用 遮天的花 2017-03-26 12:25:41
读过罗素《西方哲学史》开始热切反思人如何形成对世界的认知，而他的《悠闲颂》、《婚姻与道德》和演讲稿《权威与个人》给我思维方式上的影响则是结构性的。我们感知的“世界”，都是构建在自己大脑中的“模型”，我们所在的人类社会，不论语言、文化、价值观、科学，艺术，都是更抽象的模型，借助这些模型，我们才形成对这个世界的复杂认知，但它们所形成的思维囚笼，同样无穷无尽。有人会意识到这些模型的存在，并进行结构性反思... 读过罗素《西方哲学史》开始热切反思人如何形成对世界的认知，而他的《悠闲颂》、《婚姻与道德》和演讲稿《权威与个人》给我思维方式上的影响则是结构性的。我们感知的“世界”，都是构建在自己大脑中的“模型”，我们所在的人类社会，不论语言、文化、价值观、科学，艺术，都是更抽象的模型，借助这些模型，我们才形成对这个世界的复杂认知，但它们所形成的思维囚笼，同样无穷无尽。有人会意识到这些模型的存在，并进行结构性反思。但人的反思深度有天渊之别。大部分人都是困在大笼子里去反思里面的小笼子，而大思想家会引导你在无穷思维囚笼的迷宫里，探索根源性的解锁方式——构建更简洁有效的认知结构，寻找更合理的解决方案。所谓对Truth的探寻，就是面对一直演变的世间万物，寻找比当下认知体系更为简洁高效的理解方式。 (展开)
0 有用 jumaomao 2015-11-08 08:40:56
insightful
0 有用 🔒⛓Nemik 2019-03-06 00:17:48
提出的一些问题如今看还是不过时。一些观察非常精辟。但我从没有如此强烈同意“罗素的问题是他已经没有问题了”的批评。
2 有用 白自在 2014-02-22 01:28:48
the glorification of "the state" turns out to be, in fact, the glorification of a governing minority. 花两天看完，总觉得在说哪个国家，逻辑严谨又给人启发
0 有用 Γλώσσα 2022-01-03 05:48:27
These lecture scripts from the spring of 1949 are still informative in the present day, the ideal world should not make people timid and tame, instead, people ought to be encouraged to be bold and adv... These lecture scripts from the spring of 1949 are still informative in the present day, the ideal world should not make people timid and tame, instead, people ought to be encouraged to be bold and adventurous except in inflicting injuries upon others. (展开)