Wednesday, February 28, 2007

False Dilemma?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You're_either_with_us,_or_against_us

Interestingly in Star Wars, Episode III: 'Only a Sith deals in absolutes,' says Obi-Wan Kenobi (a Jedi Knight) to Anakin Skywalker (a Sith, who uses the 'dark side' of the 'force').

Sapere aude!

Latin for 'dare to know' or 'dare to be wise'; sometimes translate to 'dare to think for yourself' or 'have the courage to use your own reason'

Monday, February 19, 2007

『繁星』與『良心』 —— On Kant's Tombstone

His friends chose the dictum from the Critique of Practical Reason (1788) for his tombstone: “Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often and steadily we reflect upon them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me” (5:161.33-6; tr. Guyer 1992, 1).