1. "On the Sense of Beauty and the Sense of the Sublime"
Kant: The sublime moves, and the beautiful fascination
The sublime must always be great, but the beautiful can be small.
Understanding is sublime and wit is beautiful.
Bravery is sublime and great, ingenuity is small but beautiful.
2. "Drinking Chapter"
Everyone is seeking their other half
From very ancient times, the desire for love between people has been rooted in the human heart, and it is necessary to restore the original state of unity, to combine two people into one, and to cure the pain of the previous section. So each of us is half of human beings, something that together can become the whole thing. So everyone is constantly seeking their significant other.
3. "Human Knowledge"
Russell: Human knowledge
We see individual stars because light emanating from each star remains independent through regions filled with other paths of light. If we lose this independence, we will only see a blur, like the Milky Way.
4. The Republic
If justice is slandered
If justice is slandered,
And I still have the ability to argue,
But they can't stand by and help,
This for me,
I am afraid that it is a sin, a great shame.
5. Structuralism
Verbal expression is a collective system
Speech is a transmitter with thousands of years of tradition that is not influenced by the individual, and it is an indispensable tool for anyone to think. Speech constitutes a category of special circumstances in the real life of human beings. Thus, because of its age, its universality, and its rights, speech is naturally seen as the source of structures of special importance.
6. "The New Eloise"
People don't know why they were moved
A letter written in true love, a letter from a lover who is indeed passionate, will be pale, rambling, procrastinating, messy, and repetitive.
Yet the human soul is moved; the man does not know why he is moved.
7. "The Characteristics of France"
Sartre: "History is self-made without knowing"
In short, I love France with the same harsh and complex affection as Jules Michelet, whether it is its virtues or flaws, whether it is something that I am happy to accept or something that is not easy to accept. But this sentiment is unlikely to be revealed in the words of this book, and I will be careful not to make it appear in the pen. Feelings may set a trap for me, or they may suddenly attack me, and I must always be strict with it.
8. History of Arab Islamic Culture
The standard of "literature" and "elegance" of a true literati
It should be known that the standards of "literature" and "elegance" of a true literati are: not to intervene in other people's conversations, not to peek into the books that others are reading, not to interrupt other people's conversations, not to listen to other people's secrets, not to ask about the knowledge that others do not want to tell, and not to talk about things that others deliberately conceal.
9. History of the Peloponnesian War
We love beauty and wisdom
We love beautiful things, but we do not have luxuries because of them; we love wisdom, but we do not become weak because of them. We see wealth as something that can be used appropriately, not as something we can boast about ourselves.
10. History of Historical Works
Many great institutions were not made, but grew
Institutions, as the public habits, customs and ideas of a particular era, are very illustrative of the characteristics of that era. Many of the great institutions of history were never created, but grew up. They are one of the most enduring things in history.
11. The Origin of Words
The origin of writing and the beginning of mathematics
It is no coincidence that the invention of hieroglyphs and epigraphs belonged to the same period as the invention of numbers: both were the product of counting. True hieroglyphs are the product of abstract counting, and they express concepts through their own images. The invention of abstract numbers was the beginning of mathematics, as was the beginning of words.
12. Academia and Politics
Academics and Politics
A man must be convinced that even if the world seems to him to be so foolish that it is not worth his sacrifice, he can still be without complaint or regret; even in the face of such a situation, he can still say, "Wait and see!" Only by doing this step can it be said that he heard the "call" of politics.
13. "Troubled Winter"
You have to make up your own mind
What is good for one person is not necessarily good for another person, and you have no way of knowing that time has passed.
No one needs advice, all people need is to go along with it.
Each man shines only his own light, his own lonely light.
Once the light is extinguished, it appears much darker than when it didn't ignite at all. The world is full of fragments of dark wreckage.
14. The Prophet Sand and Foam
On marriage
There must be a gap in the union between the two of you.
Let the sky wind dance between the two of you.
You two should fill each other's cups, but do not drink from the same cup;
You two should deliver bread to each other, but don't eat the same bread.
Singing, dancing, entertaining, but doing their own thing;
It is important to know that the strings are each tight, although playing a piece of music together.
Be heart-to-heart, but not possess each other;
For only the hand of "life" can contain the hearts of both of you.
Stand up with each other' support, but don't cling to each other;
It should be noted that the pillars of the temple also stand separately,
Oak and pine trees also do not grow in each other's shadows.
15. The Wedding of Blood: Selected Plays by García Lorca
Freedom and love
Man is a prisoner and cannot be freed.
Noble freedom! True freedom,
Please light your distant star for me.
Bye!
Please dry your tears.
I am free, because this is the wish of love!
Pedro! You left me aside for the sake of freedom.
I am freedom, and people make me miserable!
Love, love, love, and eternal loneliness!
In the depths, children are singing:
Yes! How sad the days of Granada were
Even the stones will cry
When seeing dear Mariana
Died on the guillotine because he refused to confess.
16. "It's Good to Live to Be Old"
The ruthless years increase and decrease, and the tasteful poetry books are bitter and sweet
Someone once asked a question: In the New Year, is there a year more or a year less? Optimistic people say "more", pessimistic people say "less", from this point of view to grow, another way to see "loss".
A poet put forward his answer: "The ruthless years increase and decrease, and the tasteful poetry books are bitter and sweet." "Playing with his meaning is like exhorting the world to cherish time." His answer was that time decreased, knowledge increased, and if there was already a loss, it was necessary to gain it.
17. "The Temperature of Medicine"
We must never forget that medicine has a temperature
What the healer can still do is "sometimes to heal, often to help, always to comfort." Life is finite, the process of each person from birth, growth, aging to death is irreversible, and the task of medicine is simply to protect this normal process. We cannot regard aging as a disease, we cannot take the pursuit of immortality as the goal of medicine, we cannot increase the unnecessary pain of patients who have no hope in life, and we cannot fail to consider the social effects and fairness and justice of medicine.
18. "Chrysanthemum and the Knife"
A book that explores how Japan became the Japanese nation
Knife and chrysanthemum, both of which are part of a painting. Japanese life is extremely aggressive and very gentle; militaristic and beautiful; proud and courteous; stubborn and soft and fickle; tame and unwilling to be manipulated; loyal and prone to rebellion; brave and cowardly; conservative and very welcoming of new ways of life.
19. Cultural Anthropology (13th Edition)
In many cultures, people think that obese people are more beautiful than thin people
In these cultures, obesity is widely valued not only because it is seen as more beautiful, but also because it is seen as a symbol of higher status in health, fertility, and stratified societies. This perception contrasts sharply with the ideal paradigm in the United States and many other Western societies, which see obesity as unattractive and a reflection of laziness, lack of self-control, and unhealthiness.
20. "Roman Rowland's Reading Essay"
Why do I write?
Why do I write?
Because I can't do anything else. Because, even if I don't put pen to paper, I will write in my head and let my brain think. Because writing is a form of self-talk and action. Because writing for me is breathing, it is life.
Who am I writing for?
For the vanguard of the advancing army, for the great battle of the international community. Victory in this battle must guarantee the establishment of a community of humanity without borders or classes.