大地颤动着,似乎要吞噬伫立其上的一切:高耸的楼台,抑或青翠的密林,酣然的沉睡,抑或迷途的心。一切都被某种不可抗拒的力量禁锢,拉入一种更原始、更未经分化的状态。这是多元现象世界的塌落,是于虚无中走向统一的深渊。『混沌』是人类赋予它的名字。
结合荣格认知功能对心理受困状态的思考
Juvenalian & Horatian Satire
It is quite interesting to think about the motivations of Juvenalian satirists. The famous declaration made by Jonathan Swift, “to vex the world”, instead of being born from the simply attributed “cynicism” or “misanthropy”, ironically enough, actually originates from the innate belief in the possibilities of improvements in human society and the essential goodness of human nature. If one is merely cynical, it would make no sense at all for such fierce moral indignation, instead, one would simply shrug indifferently and walk away, which is exactly opposite to the vehement acts of a Juvenalian satirist, who is a true vindicator of social justice and liberty. Juvenalian satire is like the rallying cry of ancient prophets, full of energy and determination.
Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel written by the Irish writer Oscar Wilde. It tells us that hedonism and amoral actions will eventually lead the tempted to decay and death without ever trying to tell it. Oscar Wilde wrote it without any moralistic intention due to his belief in aestheticism, which claims art itself is useless thus without any social implication. Bearing this philosophy of art in mind, this work destines to be a book of open interpretations, a book elevated or deprecated by the view lens adopted by different people, a world full of possibilities, just like every other great novel ever written.
The Book of Thel
The Book of Thel is one of the prophetic illuminated books written by William Blake, a great British poet, painter and visionary born in the 18th Century. Crafted after The Song of Innocence, this allegorical poem is closely related to the loss of innocence, perhaps also indicating the creation of The Song of Experience in the following years.
Death & Rebirth
This year, 2022, marks the bicentenary of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s death. Over all the two hundred years, countless fine lines of poetry written by Shelley have continously inspired people to rekindle the fire of hope. But of them all, a particular line from Ode to the West Wind may be the most significant one - “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”. This single line of verse is far more than a rhetorical question concerning the change of seasons, instead, it is as the poet states, a divine prophecy given to those people trapped in states of despair and desolation.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, which is now regarded as the first true science-fiction and one of the most influential English novels ever produced, was in fact initially written for a ghost story competition upheld by Percy Shelley, Lord Byron and Mary Godwin on the shores of Lake Geneva.
会饮篇 Symposium
作者引入
柏拉图,古希腊哲学家,欧洲第一所高等学府 Academy 的创建者,柏拉图主义的奠基人,对西方哲学与宗教产生了巨大影响。他发明了对话体的写作方式,将哲学的问询紧密地融于日常的对话里,在一次次与其他灵魂的交流、向自己灵魂深探的过程中,柏拉图的思维得以与宇宙万物的理性共鸣:在形而上学领域,他创造性地提出了形式理论(theory of forms)和灵魂不朽论(immortality of the soul);在认识论领域,他将知识与观点对比,提出知识并不是由五感获取的,而是来自于神圣的视野;他将由自己形而上学和认识论得出的结论延伸到政治和教育,做出了大名鼎鼎的拥立哲学王(philosophy kings)和放逐诗人(banishment of the poets)的决定。在这 2500 年的时间里,这些观点在质疑与探寻中不断发展,为西方文明甚至世界文明不断提供着崭新的观察与理解世界的棱镜。