Oghagbon Moses từ Khomuty, Orlovskaya oblast', Russia

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2018-07-03 00:30

Lịch Sử Vương Quốc Đàng Ngoài Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Alexandre De Rhodes

Despite Lightman's other unsuccessful attempts at literature, this is a wonderful book that artfully blends a story of Einstein coming upon his discoveries with whimsical, thought-provoking explorations into the possibilities of the nature of time.

2018-07-03 01:30

Y Không Là Y Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Phùng Hi

Review: January 2005 A Dialectic without Dreams Merleau-Ponty is generally read for his work in phenomenology, not his work on dialectics. This is both a pity and a mistake. While he certainly does deserve to be remembered as the third great phenomenologist of the past century, after Husserl & Heidegger, his being forgotten as a dialectical thinker is almost inexplicable. I say almost inexplicable because, I fear, the reason he is ignored as a dialectical thinker is because he advocated, and superbly demonstrated, a dialectic without myths, utopia or dreams. In the great chapter (2) on Lukacs he says, "[t]he dialectic is this continued intuition, a consistent reading of actual history, the re-establishment of the tormented relations, of the interminable exchanges, between subject and object. There is only one knowledge, which is the knowledge of our world in a state of becoming, and this becoming embraces knowledge itself." He speaks of interminable exchanges, implies the permanence of tormented relations, affirms that knowledge always becomes. This is a dialectic scraped clean of the utopianism of the Marxist classless society, contemptuous of some miraculous Kojevean 'End of History', sans any vain 'Hegelian' promise of some never-never land in which Science will precisely equal Wisdom. So then why dialectic, or, more precisely, why use the dialectical method if it offers no goal? Immediately after the sentences quoted above M-P says, "[b]ut it is knowledge that teaches us this." The dialectic, as M-P understands it, gives us, better - can give us, an understanding of history, and our present, but as to the future it promises exactly nothing. How could it promise more? If becoming, and the unknown, press on us forever, every totalization is always in danger of being threatened by some unanticipated contingency that changes this totalization into some unpredicted, and above all, unpredictable (until it occurs) Other. By way of contrast let me now mention that for Hegel, finally, one could say that Dialectic remained a retrospective method and not a predictive science - at least until the precise end of the dialectical process. "The Owl of Minerva takes flight only at night." But, for Hegel, I think it is correct to say that when Subject and Object become One, Forever, we will be able to say that the all-knowing owl is always flying because the Absolute (Spirit) is always dark. We now perhaps better understand the content of the Hegelian characterization of (and objection to) the early position of Schelling - as a 'night in which all cows are black' - this position wasn't wrong; it was merely premature. Thus at the extreme end of Hegelian theory, one is always in danger of seeing it toppling over into the Kojevean 'End of History' position, which M-P in the epilogue characterizes as an idealization of death. M-P holds, in this book, that this is not the position of Marx and Lukacs. "In Marx spirit becomes a thing, while things become saturated with spirit. History's course is a becoming of meanings transformed into forces or institutions. This is why there is an inertia of history in Marx and also an appeal to human invention in order to complete the dialectic. Marx cannot therefore transfer to, and lay to the account of, matter the same rationality which Hegel ascribes to spirit." Hegel is pleased to be taken to mean that Spirit is an active helpful partner of humanity in dialectic; a materialist dialectic can make no such claims of matter. What Merleau-Ponty, btw, is here denying, for those who have ears, is that there can be an end to any genuine material dialectic. ...Matter itself is permanently, in every human sense, an irrational factor. In other words, being and reason can never be one. Whatever Rationality in things we find - we find it there because we put it there. "Marxism cannot hide the Welt-geist in matter." Dialectic in which a dialectical partner is permanently non-rational becomes a science of circumstances. Thus M-P maintains that for Lukacs (and, I think, himself) that only revolutionary creativity can `guarantee' "a coherent and homogenous system." ...But no system is permanent. "A dialectical conception demands only that, between capitalism, where it exists, and its antecedents, be one of an integrated society to a less integrated one." By more integrated M-P means a more `socialized' society, societies in which, since there is more common ground, "destinies can be compared." It is ultimately here in social interaction that, for M-P, dialectical knowledge arises. But, as indicated earlier, nothing is guaranteed. "The principle of the logic of history is not that all problems posed are solved in advance, that the solution precedes the problem, or that there would be no question if the answer did not pre-exist somewhere, as if history were built on exact ideas. One should rather formulate it negatively: there is no event which does not bring further precision to the permanent problem of knowing what man and his society are..." One is here tempted to say that M-P here answers two of the questions we asked at the beginning of the review. Why resort to the method of dialectic? - It brings (or exposes a) further precision to our knowledge of the problem of man. Why no certain Telos, no end to history, no grand finale that finds Science and Wisdom in permanent embrace? - The "problem of knowing what man and his society are" is permanent. For M-P the problems of society reside only in human history; neither spirit nor matter will save us. "The sense of history is then threatened at every step with going astray and constantly needs to be reinterpreted." "There is less a sense of history than an elimination of non-sense." Oh, and this indeed would be the 'reason' M-P, the dialectical thought of M-P, was forgotten. A dialectic, shorn of fairy tale, certainty or reward, would attract none of our scholarly saints, or even our Leninist `realists.' Over the last two centuries there have been only three reasons, often entwined, to turn to dialectic; the pursuit of Knowledge, the pursuit of utopia/revolution, or the pursuit of some always obscure inner `intuition' or joy. ...Apparently, given the way M-P is ignored by Hegelian and Marxist dialecticians, the only pursuit that was decisive was the last. This has only been a brief commentary on a small slice, a handful of pages, of this superb book, that, I hope, will make others interested enough to read it. The discussions of Weber, Lukacs, Trotsky and Sartre are all excellent. M-P is a political philosopher who deserves to be read along with the great and important political philosophers of the 20th century: Georg Lukacs, Antonio Gramsci, Hannah Arendt, Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss. Ignore any of them and increase your ignorance.

2018-07-03 02:30

Dẫn Luận Về Phật Giáo (Trọn Bộ 4 Cuốn) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

One of the most depressing books I've read in a while. We left the US in the 80s before the branding movement got into full swing. I remembered being puzzled on an early visit, when I noticed that the flowers on a reception desk were branded. Huh? I was appalled to realize that the US no longer produces any *things*, but only brands. With this comes a diminishing of choice and of quality. No wonder the economy is failing. What's worse, of course, is that people accept that this is OK. Chain restaurants produce no outstanding food. People actually think that McDonalds hamburgers are good. Makes me despair of the future.

2018-07-03 03:30

Cha Con Giáo Hoàng Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Mario Puzo

Finished this some time ago--working on a blog review.

2018-07-03 04:30

Đánh Đổi Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

My favorite children's book ever - I hear they're making a movie!!!

2018-07-03 05:30

Going Solo Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Roald Dahl

An amazing series. I was moved to tears throughout the story. What an emotional roller coaster ride. J.K. Rowling is a genius! The only thing that I did not like about finishing the last book of the series...was finishing the last book of the series. I already miss Harry and his friends.

2018-07-03 06:30

Combo Tiểu Thuyết Đam Mỹ Của Tác Giả Qifu A (Bộ 3 Cuốn) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Qifu A

2.5 stars It was ok. If I was asked to recommend this book to a friend or family, I would describe it as an airplane book. Something a casual reader grabs to read on the plane because they stupidly forgot to charge their laptop. You know, the person who runs into the gift shop, stops at the first rack of books on display, flips over a few covers and then tosses it at the cashier. Hey, I've been there--and got burnt every time. Airports have a small selection that tends to lean toward bestseller crime/detective novels. Obviously, it is because they a. sell and b. are popular. As I was told recently, most have what the industry calls a winning formula. However, this formulaic novel fell very flat for me. The main character is a seasoned detective who failed on an old case and when the killer appears to resurface, he is determined to get it right this time. He has a drinking problem, whiskey, and a younger, sexier female partner with relationship problems. In my opinion, if you are going to use a 'winning' formula, then you have to develop the characters in a way that makes me care. Let's face it, why should I? I mean the fictional world is over-crowded with middle-aged white detectives with a drinking problem. As a reader, if you want me to invest in a journey to solve a problem then you must provide good company. After the fifth body, and a wandering pair of cut-outs I truly lost all interest. After a hundred pages I should be going somewhere, but I found myself wishing the serial killer would just off the detectives so we could all go home.

2018-07-03 07:30

Tứ Bộ Y Điển - Tập 1 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Vũ Thỏa - Nguyễn Ninh Công Bố

Awesomely bad. It gets three stars because it's awesomely bad and introduced me to one of the greatest pieces of snark I've ever seen on the internet.

2018-07-03 08:30

Cẩm Nang Chăm Sóc Và Điều Trị Bệnh Trẻ Em Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

She is incredible!

2018-07-03 09:30

Kết Cấu BêTông Cốt Thép - Phần Cấu Kiện Cơ Bản Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

A great collection of things to ponder for an artist at any age. Are you intrigued by the subject, have you shown this? Though I have not been a fan of his work (by ignorance to his work only, I assure you), I am a fan of his words and gusto. Passion, poetry and preaching is painting.

Người đọc Oghagbon Moses từ Khomuty, Orlovskaya oblast', Russia

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.