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I was forced to be a defenseless, helpless witness of the most inconceivable decline of humanity into a barbarism which we had believed long since forgotten, with its deliberate and programmatic dogma of anti-humanitarianism. It was
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“The political media is biased, but not toward the Left or Right so much as toward loud, outrageous, colorful, inspirational, confrontational. It is biased toward the political stories and figures who activate our identities, because it is biased toward and dependent on the fraction of the country with the most intense political identities.”
― Why We're Polarized
― Why We're Polarized
“The only difference between lying and acting was whether your audience was in on it, but it was all a performance just the same.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
“照某些哲学家说,这是必须的。佛家就说,生就是人生的苦痛的根源。柏拉图也说,肉体是灵魂的监狱。有些道家的人"以生为附赘悬疣,以死为决疴溃痈。"这都是以为,欲得到最高的成就,必须脱离尘罗世网,必须脱离社会,甚至脱离"生"。只有这样,才可以得到最后的解脱。这种哲学,即普通所谓"出世的哲学"。
另有一种哲学,注重社会中的人伦和世务。这种哲学只讲道德价值,不会讲或不愿讲超道德价值。这种哲学,即普通所谓"入世的哲学"。从入世的哲学的观点看,出世的哲学是太理想主义的,无实用的,消极的。从出世的哲学的观点看,入世的哲学太现实主义了,太肤浅了。它也许是积极的,但是就像走错了路的人的快跑:越跑得快,越错得很。”
― 中国哲学简史 Brief History of Chinese Philosophy (国民阅读经典)
另有一种哲学,注重社会中的人伦和世务。这种哲学只讲道德价值,不会讲或不愿讲超道德价值。这种哲学,即普通所谓"入世的哲学"。从入世的哲学的观点看,出世的哲学是太理想主义的,无实用的,消极的。从出世的哲学的观点看,入世的哲学太现实主义了,太肤浅了。它也许是积极的,但是就像走错了路的人的快跑:越跑得快,越错得很。”
― 中国哲学简史 Brief History of Chinese Philosophy (国民阅读经典)
“I think we are, or we can be. But toxic systems compromise good individuals with ease. They do so not by demanding we betray our values but by enlisting our values such that we betray each other. What is rational and even moral for us to do individually becomes destructive when done collectively.”
― Why We're Polarized
― Why We're Polarized
“When we participate in politics to solve a problem, we’re participating transactionally. But when we participate in politics to express who we are, that’s a signal that politics has become an identity.”
― Why We're Polarized
― Why We're Polarized
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