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Reminiscence I
I How can I think about the present without reminiscence everything comes to an end that I am so sure but forever scared to recognize the tree outside of the glass lounge has turned brown from fresh green dry leaves weak branches shaking in the early autumn wind I have…
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读《现代危机和思想人物》有感
近来有幸读完余英时的《现代危机和思想人物》，感慨良多。故在我准备专心学GRE和数学之前把零散的启发作此记录。 一个多月前，在意大利考古的时候我不断地在想一个问题：历史有什么价值？去探知Etruscan人们以前的生活方式到底有什么意义？这个疑问是我一直都在思索的。历史对于我，一、只不过是事实，抽象不及哲学。与史实太过纠缠并不能为社会变迁，文化发展提供解释。而哲学，每每走在历史的前端，能更有力地掌控人类的脉搏。二、对未来的预测并不准确，因为现代社会发展速度成倍增加，并不是以前的历史可以把控的了。因为这两个想法，我始终不能与历史结缘，所以也把要求要上的历史课放在最后一年，准备应付应付。 我一直没有意识到，我近一年在哲学上遇到的瓶颈，诊断可以在历史中找到。在越来越专地学习欧陆哲学后，我发现自己并不能准确的抓住每个哲学家的思想，并整理出这些思想变化的趋势与规律。数学上仔细求证的心态往往让我陷入对细节的过分考究，以至于陷入一种空虚的逻辑游戏，辨不出方向。几次的挣脱都非常困难，尽管意识到自己的困境，终究还是逃不出牛角尖的捆绑。晴雪和我说一切的思想都有一个立足点，所有哲学的的思想都有一个问题作为启…
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Friendship
Gwen is coming to visit. My heart is filled with a subtle joy, peacefully awaiting something to happen while carefully controlling such excitements. We’ve known each other for four years. Our friendship began with an awkward random question, me asking her if she would be my roommate for senior…
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Insomnia
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For mom: I've never felt the night so dark, the moon dissolves in my window. Why is the sky no longer blue and light can vanish like pooooop! I sneak comfortably into my bed sinking into my mattress, a different wrap around my body air is my…
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The blurry blurry obvious
Last day of 2015 - London - part cloudy part sunny, warm I woke up this morning not planning for a run. I woke up hungry and decided to go for a brunch at the Riding House Cafe. I ate and I got excited for Haruki Murakami's running…