西方的智慧

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　　《西方的智慧（英文彩繪本）（套裝全2冊(cè)）》是一本以通俗、淺近的現(xiàn)代語(yǔ)體寫成的西方文明史，誠(chéng)如這本書的副標(biāo)題所揭示的，是在自希臘城邦政體以迄于今的政治、歷史這個(gè)大背景下探討整個(gè)西方文明演進(jìn)的脈絡(luò)，旁及科學(xué)、宗教、經(jīng)濟(jì)乃至社會(huì)習(xí)俗，無(wú)所不包、無(wú)所不備。此書完成后，羅素又在友人的幫助下，在文中插入數(shù)百幅精美的插圖，其中有許多具有很高的文獻(xiàn)價(jià)值，因而，讀者完全可以將其視為西方文明的一幅全景圖。 寫作《西方的智慧》時(shí)，羅素已年逾八旬，可以說，這是一個(gè)智慧老人一生研讀西方文明的結(jié)晶，因而，有人恰當(dāng)?shù)貙⒋藭暈閷W(xué)習(xí)西方文化的入門書。著名作家王小波生前曾對(duì)插圖本的英文版《西方的智慧》嘆賞不置。

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作者:(英)羅素

書籍目錄

FOREWORD PROLOGUE BEFORE SOCRATES ATHENS HELLENISM EARLY CHRISTIANITY SCHOLASTICISM RISE OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY BRITISH EMPIRICISM ENLIGHTENMENT AND ROMANTICISM UTILITARIANISM AND SINCE CONTEMPORARY EPILOGUE 

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版權(quán)頁(yè)：   插圖：   The burden of cynic teaching was a turning away from worldly goods and a concentration on virtue as the only good worth having. This is clearly one of the strains of Socratic doctrine. As a reaction to world events it is a somewhat negative approach. It is true that the weaker one's ties the smaller becomes the likelihood of being hurt or disappointed. But from such sources no further inspiration can be expected. The cynic doctrine in due course grew into a widespread and powerful tradition. During the third century B.C. it had great popularsupport throughout the hellenistic world. This, of course, merely means that a form of debased cynic teaching happened to reflect truly the ethical conditions of the times. It was a kind of opportunistic atttitude to life, taking with both hands when there were things to take, yet not complaining when times were lean, enjoying life when it could be enjoyed, but accepting the whims of fortune with a shrug of the shoulder. It is from this development of the doctrine that the word 'cynical' acquired its uncomplimentary tinge of meaning. But cynicism as a movement was not a sufficiently deliberate affair to last as such. Its ethical content came to be absorbed by the stoic school, of which we shall speak a little later. Another, rather different product of the period of philosophic decline was the sceptic movement. Literally; a sceptic is just a doubter, but as a philosophy; scepticism raises doubt to the rank of a dogma. It denies that anyone could ever know anything with certainty. The trouble, of course, is that one would like to know whence the philosophic sceptic gathers this piece of information. How does he know that this is the case if his position explicitly denies the possibility of knowledge? This is a criticism applicable as soon as the dubiety of our opinions is made into a principle. As a healthy reminder that it pays to be cautious, there is of course nothing wrong with it.

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《西方的智慧(英文版)(套裝共2冊(cè))》是一個(gè)智慧老人一生研讀西方文明的結(jié)晶，因而，有人恰當(dāng)?shù)貙⒋藭暈閷W(xué)習(xí)西方文化的入門書。

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