tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post444267845174926145..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Daring to questionAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-40764548529592602992010-10-22T03:12:34.307-07:002010-10-22T03:12:34.307-07:00@Mister Garrie's One Nation
A make up courtes...@Mister Garrie's One Nation <br />A make up courtesy: you are so very welcome:-)Yun Yihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-38070660942038497162010-10-21T15:33:13.718-07:002010-10-21T15:33:13.718-07:00NP, yes, absolutely.NP, yes, absolutely.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-48311277092482599532010-10-21T13:43:20.556-07:002010-10-21T13:43:20.556-07:00Hi Mister Garrie's One Nation,
I did translate...Hi Mister Garrie's One Nation,<br />I did translated more. Let me just put the link here:<br />http://humanwithoutgod.blogspot.com/2010/10/more-quotes-by-liu-xiaobo.html<br /><br />Liu violently criticized Chinese culture which I "violently" agree. He also had many excellent thoughts over life & death, religions and science. Overall, a bit pessimistic but very profound.Yun Yihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-39413535218043454552010-10-21T10:30:29.634-07:002010-10-21T10:30:29.634-07:00Adam, have you read any of Joseph Needham's Sc...Adam, have you read any of Joseph Needham's Science and Civilization in China? As a teen, I was, for a time, very keen on the idea of studying under him . . . but my fortunes took me in another direction. <br /><br />One of the results of my fascination with the Orient was the conviction that miscommunication is all too easy between people from cultures as different in history and pattern as the West and the East. Translation is more than a simple rendering of words; there are nuances and associations with each term and phrase accreted down the long trail of years that carries freight for those who are immersed in a culture which are most likely completely different for readers from another. It is one of the things that makes the study of alien philosophy, politics, and religion so fascinating. There are puzzles within riddles within enigmas . . .Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-55001438468343828552010-10-21T10:25:53.615-07:002010-10-21T10:25:53.615-07:00Yuni added more quotes today by Liu to her blog. ...Yuni added more quotes today by Liu to her blog. I found his comments about Chinese culture particularly interesting. A very different outlook than one might expect.nothing profoundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02538561601096574876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-89178205001274954832010-10-21T04:07:55.543-07:002010-10-21T04:07:55.543-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-51693312953764706852010-10-21T04:07:16.154-07:002010-10-21T04:07:16.154-07:00Calvin, he defined himself by membership of the po...Calvin, he defined himself by membership of the polis. I don't believe that he could conceive of life beyond its confines.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-76678519351833352012010-10-21T00:23:07.994-07:002010-10-21T00:23:07.994-07:00I was always struck by the fact that Socrates pref...I was always struck by the fact that Socrates preferred suicide to exile.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-52023114473249787832010-10-20T16:51:59.572-07:002010-10-20T16:51:59.572-07:00Thanks Ana!
@Mister Garrie's One Nation, I onl...Thanks Ana!<br />@Mister Garrie's One Nation, I only wish there were more thinkers like Liu in China. I consider Liu is rebel of Chinese culture. He can only represent himself.Yun Yihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-1232695244949948952010-10-20T16:42:16.148-07:002010-10-20T16:42:16.148-07:00In some ways, Anthony, he already has.In some ways, Anthony, he already has.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-71428125932126800292010-10-20T16:39:24.450-07:002010-10-20T16:39:24.450-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-26507670487011666152010-10-20T16:38:19.230-07:002010-10-20T16:38:19.230-07:00Freedom is a noble thing.Freedom is a noble thing.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-87886970797502845582010-10-20T16:37:19.657-07:002010-10-20T16:37:19.657-07:00Liu Xiabo,Tread lightly or you may get run over wi...Liu Xiabo,Tread lightly or you may get run over with a tank.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-9014586909988942552010-10-20T16:12:40.470-07:002010-10-20T16:12:40.470-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.com