Saturday, March 9, 2019

套套循環的歷史邏輯


因為中國五千年小農經濟宗法社會加上不肖文人幫皇帝獻策外儒內法玩弄人民操作得爐火純青所以中國特色就是我們只能照上述皇帝養著幫兇糟蹋蒼生的歷史邏輯繼續下去因為我們的文化基因已經根深蒂固牢牢抓住大地和每一個人前不久讀前蘇格拉底的隻言片語其中說到希臘文明源起於火山腳下的海邊

Who was Empedocles?

Empedocles lived in Agrigento (then called Acragas) in south-west Sicily. It was one of the most prosperous among the Greek colonies in southern Italy, and Empedocles was one of its most prominent citizens. Scholars deduce that Empedocles must have lived from about 492 to 432 BC, although the evidence is scarce. Ancient biographies tell fantastic stories: that he met his death by falling into the crater of Mount Etna, leaving only his shoe behind to prove it, is a favourite. There are few hard facts.

The volcanic activity of Mount Etna might encourage one to reflect that in the present disruptive state of the world, elemental fire must be present below the Earth’s surface as well as in the heavens above. Might it also encourage one to suppose that pent-up forces of destruction will periodically break out anew, even after a period of comparative peace?

Osborne, Catherine. Presocratic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) (pp. 8-10). OUP. 2004, Kindle edition. 

so, the Greek philosophy was not born in a flatland of farming, it was born at the foot of the mount, and the edge of the volcano, both of which were near the sea 意思是說地理決定了哲學和文明的型態和命運想到這裡我決定追隨王岐三堅決認命做畜生