我在90年代末起讀資中筠先生的《學海岸邊》《資中筠自選集》《財富的責任與資本主義演變：美國百年公益發展的啟示》。
漢清講堂請陳健邦先生介紹 資中筠先生 (2016，阿邦讀過資先生的回憶錄：《蜉蝣天地話滄桑：資中筠九十自述》（香港牛津大學出版社，2019年）。
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The Consolations of Philosophy (ISBN 0-140-27661-0) is a nonfiction book by Alain de Botton. First published by Hamish Hamilton in 2000, subsequent publications (2001 onwards) have been by Penguin Books.[citation needed]
Description[edit]
The title of the book is a reference to Boethius's magnum opus Consolation of Philosophy, in which philosophy appears as an allegorical figure to Boethius to console him in the year he was imprisoned, leading up to his impending execution.[citation needed]
In Consolations, de Botton attempts to console the reader through everyday problems (or at least help them to understand them) by extensively quoting and interpreting a number of philosophers. These are categorised in a number of chapters with one philosopher used in each.[citation needed]
- Consolation for Unpopularity (Socrates)
- Consolation for Not Having Enough Money (Epicurus)
- Consolation for Frustration (Seneca)
- Consolation for Inadequacy (Montaigne)
- Consolation for a Broken Heart (Schopenhauer)
- Consolation for Difficulties (Nietzsche)
Critical response[edit]
The critical reception for Consolations has been primarily positive. It received glowing praise in, among other publications, The New York Review of Books, The Times, The Spectator, The Sunday Telegraph, The Sunday Times, The Irish Times, The Literary Review, and The Mail on Sunday.[1]
Humphrey Carpenter in The Sunday Times, (2 April 2000) said, "The Consolations of Philosophy is certainly a commentary rather than a work of original thought; but few discussions on the great philosophers can have been so entertaining. De Botton takes us on a brisk, playful tour of the lives and ideas of half-a-dozen of the big names in the history of philosophy."
According to Ben Rogers in the Sunday Telegraph, "singling these thinkers out and grouping them together is only the smaller part of de Botton’s achievement. He has also succeeded in bringing each one to life. The lessons that he draws from his sages might, in other hands, have appeared trite. But he writes with such charm and freshness that he somehow avoids the pitfall."[2]
Kirkus Reviews writes "Congenial, refreshing, original—and mercifully succinct—de Botton may well achieve the impossible by making philosophy popular."[3]
Alison Lurie in New York Review of Books said, "the simplicity of his writing is not the product of a simple mind."[4]
A few critics have been negative. Edward Skidelsky of the New Statesman wrote: "Comforting, but meaningless. In seeking to popularise philosophy, Alain de Botton has merely trivialised it, smoothing the discipline into a series of silly sound bites. ... [De Botton's The Consolations of Philosophy] is bad because the conception of philosophy that it promotes is a decadent one, and can only mislead readers as to the true nature of the discipline."[5]
Jonathan Lear, writing in the New York Times said: "Academic philosophy in the United States has virtually abandoned the attempt to speak to the culture at large, but philosophy professors are doing something of incredible importance: they are trying to get things right. That is the thread that connects them back to Socrates -- even if they are not willing to follow him into the marketplace -- and that is the thread that The Consolations of Philosophy cuts. ...[L]et's face it, this isn't philosophy."[6]
Television adaptation[edit]
The book was the inspiration for the Channel 4 TV series Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness. The series was produced mirroring the book's layout with the following six episodes:[citation needed]
- Socrates on Self-Confidence
- Epicurus on Happiness
- Seneca on Anger
- Montaigne on Self-Esteem
- Schopenhauer on Love
- Nietzsche on Hardship
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著作[編輯]
資中筠自轉入學術研究後，出版過多部學術著作。1987年資中筠出版過《美國對華政策的緣起和發展：1945-1950》，2001年再版時更名《追根溯源》。書中有關美國對台政策一章於1982年先行發表並被《人民日報》刊登，新華社將其摘錄並譯成多國文字發表，引起中美等世界多國注意，獲1977-1991社科優秀著作獎。[11]
1991年，出版《美台關係四十年》（與何迪合編）[12][13]，1994年，出版《戰後美國外交史：從杜魯門到里根》[14][13]《二十世紀的美國》[15] 《國際政治理論探索在中國》[16][13] 2003年，出版《散財之道：美國現代公益基金會述評》，2006年再版更名《財富的歸宿》。該書英文版在2007年在美國出版，書名為《The Destiny of Wealth: American Philanthropic Foundations from a Chinese Perspective》。[17] 2015年，出版《財富的責任與資本主義演變：美國百年公益發展的啟示》，這是第一本由中國學者撰寫的綜合介紹和分析美國公益事業發展的著作。[18]
隨筆：《斗室中的天下》、《錦瑟無端》、《讀書人的出世與入世》、《學海岸邊》（與丈夫陳樂民合著）。
文集：《資中筠集》、《資中筠自選集》。
回憶錄：《蜉蝣天地話滄桑：資中筠九十自述》（香港牛津大學出版社，2019年6月）。
譯著[編輯]
資中筠翻譯過多部著名經典著作。法國巴爾扎克的《公務員》[19]、《浪蕩王孫》、《農民》[20]；美國羅伯特·詹姆斯·華勒所著的《麥迪遜之橋》[21]；美國薇拉·凱瑟所著的《啊，拓荒者》[22]；英國艾倫·狄·波頓所著的《哲學的慰藉》[23]等。
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Sophroniscus (Greek: Σωφρονίσκος, Sophroniskos), husband of Phaenarete, was the father of the Philosopher Socrates.
All this suggests that Socrates' inherited social status was in fact much higher than is traditionally recognized.
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