Speaking as Chinese, I do not think that any civilization can be called complete until it has progressed from sophistication to un-sophistication, and made a conscious return t simplicity of thinking and living, and I call no man wise until he has made the progress from the wisdom of knowledge to the wisdom of foolishness, and become a laughing philosopher, feeling first life is a tragedy and then life is comedy. For we must weep before we can laugh. Out of sadness comes the awakening and out of the awakening comes the laughter of the philosopher, with kindliness and tolerance to boot..
The world, I believe, is far too serious, and being far too serious; it has the need of a wise and merry philosophy. The philosophy of the Chinese art of living can certainly be called the "gay science", i... (查看原文)
昨晚睡前翻看林语堂的《The Importance of Living》,随手翻到“ON BEING WAYWARD AND INCALCULABLE”一篇。看了一小段才发现自己第一眼认错了题目,误认为是“ON BEING AWARE AND INCLUDED”,再回头看时已经丧失了阅读兴趣。 人读书一般有三种态度,一是出于功利,二是求新...
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Mr.Lin's immortal masterpiece is one of my favorite. It's a shame that the English Version published in China is a kind of patchy one. Too many eliminated details probably blunted its brilliance. Nevertheless, no matter how incomplete it might be, this boo...
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2 有用 lookyelin 2017-11-15 14:22:42
说几个缺点:林语堂的散文总给人自得之感,缺乏探索真理的锐气,乍一看标题论这个论那个,大多是做做样子,止于说长论短,为文章而文章,并不会去深刻剖析了;文笔虽好,架子却太端,缺乏文字上的真情实感,书中好的段落往往是引用来的段落;许多谈佛论道、感悟哲理的内容不够深入,充斥了太多废话和鸡汤,简直像个神棍。以上是就缺点而言。
0 有用 一汀 2016-10-30 22:41:31
那就好好生活吧!
2 有用 言言墨小墨 2015-01-07 21:21:41
很多观点不敢苟同。。。。2015年的第一本书,太枯燥乏味。。。
0 有用 少男情怀总是湿 2016-04-25 11:05:31
学到很多东西
3 有用 晔子的小书房 2015-10-22 12:23:39
中间内容好,最前与最后太难读进去。