Sunday, February 19, 2006

在看《笑傲江湖》,央视版的。
怎么这么无聊。

在屋子里架起了小电视,DVD,躺在床上。突然意识到,有2年半没有躺在床上看电视了。一直都是电视放在厅里的。

“武侠小说是成年人的童话”,看着《笑傲江湖》里那些离奇的爱情故事,对这话更有体会。不过这次,自己已经是成年人了,不再有懵懂少年的身临其境,想入非非。

如果能发明一个洗脑机,把大脑再洗回懵懂少年的状态。嗯~~~,最好能早点发明,不然成了糟老头子,还当什么懵懂少年。

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Aristotle's Character Types

Virtuous
Lisa, happily return the lost wallet to owner

continent
Lenny, returned the wallet, but fighting the temptation

incontinent
Bart, keep the wallet, knowing it is wrong, but can't resist the temptation

Vicious
Nelson, keep the wallet, happily gloating the owner.

Aristotle's condition for right action:
1. must know he is doing virtuous actions,
2. must decide on them, and decide on them for themselves
3. must do them from a firm and unchanging character

Why do we like Homer?

Maybe because his doing what we want to but dare not to do: not to be right, or virtuous, just be yourself, even it's obnoxious and annoying to the others. And his inability to control himself makes him not responsible for his wrong doings, and thus makes him not or less vicious, which we morally object.

Does this mean we, our society, are trying to redefine what is 'right', or 'good', or 'virtuous'? Is this a trend to selfishness? Will there be a day that helping others are morally wrong? Just like today we all make fun of Ned Flanders?

Probably all these don't matter, a happy person is a person who blended into the majority, who does not think to much, who make fun of anyone that is different from the majority.