2012年5月27日 星期日

羅素 懷德海 夫人





Herbert Simon( 1916-2001 ) 寫信給Bertrand Arthur Russell (1872-1970)羅素
報告他們的數學原理一書內的一些定理 可由電腦證明 (共同著者Witehead 懷德海  在Simon大學時代到芝加哥大學演講 Simon 謙稱對新神學"不知所云".....)
羅素風趣的回信  見Simon 的Models of My Life

我曾跟Simon 說他的某些文風與羅素類似 簡潔有力  言之有物

今天作:羅素夫婦 Bertrand Arthur Russell , Dora Winifred Russell

注意到羅素1920 在莫斯科聽的"槍聲"    類似 Simon 在1989 北京天安門聽到的


Simon 一生似乎只偷情一次 不像羅素多次結婚/偷情

本文 "羅素夫婦"指:

Dora Winifred Russell (1894-1986)羅素夫人 (婚姻1921-1932 生一男一女 正式離婚1935)
注意他倆年齡差近一代
他們(未婚)一起造訪中國 1920.9?-1921.6?  
  羅素的中國問題一書在1922年出版
夫婦1927一起 創校 Beacon Hill School (Telegraph House) 1932年之後由Dora 負責1943結束(多次遷校)  1932 Dora 出版 Defense of Children  我讀此校經驗似乎在 羅素的論教育一書
徐志摩後來訪問他們於Cornwall (1962年Dora 回去此地)



In August 1920 Russell travelled to Russia as part of an official delegation sent by the British government to investigate the effects of the Russian Revolution.[36] He met Vladimir Lenin and had an hour-long conversation with him. In his autobiography, he mentions that he found Lenin rather disappointing, sensing an "impish cruelty" in him and comparing him to "an opinionated professor". He cruised down the Volga on a steamship. Russell's lover, Dora Black, visited Russia independently at the same time—she was enthusiastic about the revolution, but Russell's experiences destroyed his previous tentative support for it. He wrote a book The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism[37] about his experiences on this trip, taken with a group of 24 others from Britain, all of whom came home thinking well of the regime, despite Russell's attempts to change their minds. For example, he told them that he heard shots fired in the middle of the night and was sure these were clandestine executions, but the others maintained that it was only cars backfiring.
Russell subsequently lectured in Beijing on philosophy for one year, accompanied by Dora. He went there with optimism and hope, as China was then on a new path. Other scholars present in China at the time included Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel laureate Indian poet.[11] While in China, Russell became gravely ill with pneumonia, and incorrect reports of his death were published in the Japanese press.[38] When the couple visited Japan on their return journey, Dora notified the world that "Mr. Bertrand Russell, having died according to the Japanese press, is unable to give interviews to Japanese journalists." The press, not appreciating the sarcasm, were not amused.[39]
Dora was six months pregnant when the couple returned to England on 26 August 1921.

President Roosevelt was attempting to "pack" the court.

On Feb. 5, 1937, President Roosevelt proposed increasing the number of Supreme Court justices; critics charged Roosevelt was attempting to "pack" the court.

這是小羅斯福總統著名的一招 Simon 的回憶錄 Models of My Life 提過這

 pack
  1. To constitute (a voting panel) by appointment, selection, or arrangement in such a way that it is favorable to one's purposes or point of view; rig: "In 1937 Roosevelt threatened to pack the court" (New Republic).


胡適應該也談過--待查

2012年5月25日 星期五

the market is clearing



翻譯人工科學時 碰到類似 the market  is clearing 的詞 我不懂問Simon 他說明
這表示市場近乎平衡



clear

This sales term describes the process whereby one matches both buyer and seller and determines the price of their trade.
Last updated: June 08, 2004.

2012年5月16日 星期三

電影

 中國文學論集續編 (徐復觀, 薛順雄編)
 這本書的彩色頁是作者的哲嗣等將徐復觀的書捐給東海大學圖書館的合照
也許經過30年照片中的捐贈者反對在文學院社以其父之名的"講座"


 我讀了這則募款消息的方式   想起東海大學的"聯合董事長"  在約40年前  給臺灣的方式是"相對基金":

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 我與玉燕到臺灣大學看部電影
Milos Forman's Goya's Ghosts
兩位老師的解說各有優點  尤其是花老師的導演之研究 (當然我也自己的見解)  想起的是東海當時劉文潭老師的藝術欣賞課程
以及唐香燕說的他們班上有人可以進臺大中文系卻選了東海
畢業後發現臺大中文系開的課很多樣
(電影藝術真有意思 我十幾年前給Herbert Simon信 說  他的傑作人工科學中的某電影有些引誤--- 這本書全世界圖書館可能多有    卻沒人指出這)