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1983

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Zhang Shenfu about The problems of philosophy by Bertrand Russell.
In this book Mr. Russell uses the example of the painter to talk about how an artist becomes interested in the appearance of things. By contrast, the practical person wants to know what things are really like. The philosopher, in turn, is moved by an even more profound desire to know the inner quality (ben ti) of things. According to Russell, philosophy is not the process through which one finds concrete, definite answers to this or that question. Unlike the physicist, the philosopher studies the questions themselves. Philosophical questions broaden our conception of reality. They enrich our inner feelings and imagination and diminish arbitrary self-righteousness. Arbitrary self-righteousness, Russell wrote, is difficult to undo. More difficult than acquiring Reason. Still, this is the most important object of philosophy. It is concerned with nothing less than the universe as a whole. The subject is so great that it must, by necessity, stretch our minds as well. To put it simply, it is possible for us to strive to obtain truth – a truth that is part of the great objective truth of the universe.

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Russell, Bertrand  (Trelleck, Monmouthsire 1872-1970 Plas Penrhyn bei Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales) : Philosoph, Logistiker, Mathematiker, Literaturnobelpreisträger ; Dozent Cambridge, Oxford, London, Harvard University, Chicago, Los Angeles, Beijing

Zhang, Shenfu  (1893-1986) : Mitbegründer der Kommunistischen Partei

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Philosophy : Europe : Great Britain

Documents (1)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 1991-1992 Schwarcz, Vera. Between Russell and Confucius : China's Russell expert, Zhang Shenfu (Chang Sung-nian). In : Russell : the journal of the Bertrand Russell Archives.
http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1350&context=russelljournal.
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  • Source: Liang, Shuming. Dui Luosu zhi bu man. In : Shuming sa hou wen lu. (Shanghai : Shang wu yin shu guan, 1930). [My reservations about Bertand Russell]. [Geschrieben 1921].
    漱溟卅後文錄 (Russ232, Publication)
  • Source: [Russell, Bertrand]. Luosu zhe xue yi shu ji. Zhang Yuenian, Zhang Shenfu yi. (Beijing : Jiao yu ke xue chu ban she, 1989). (Zhong hua wen hua jiao yu cong shu).
    罗素哲学译述集
    [Enthält] :
    Gai ran yu gai lü. [Necessity and probability. Original-Titel nicht gefunden].
    Ke xue shi mi xin de me ? Übersetzung von Russell, Bertrand. Is science superstitious ? In : Sceptical essays. (New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton, 1928). 科學是迷信的麼 ?
    Meng yu shi shi. Übersetzung von Russell, Bertrand. Dreams and facts. In : The Athenaeum ; nos 18, 35 (1919). 梦与诗诗
    Min zhu yu ge ming. Übersetzung von Russell, Bertrand. Political ideals. (New York, N.Y. : The Century Co., 1917). 民主與 命論
    Ou zhou shi yi ge cheng gong zhe me ? Übersetzung von Russell, Bertrand. Is Europe a success ? 歐洲是一個成功者麼 ?
    Shen me shi de ren ke xi ? Übersetzung von Russell, Bertrand. Nice people. In : Harper’s monthly magazine ; no 163 (1931).什麼式的人可喜?
    Shen me shi xi yang wen ming ? Übersetzung von Russell, Bertrand. What is Western civilization ? In : Scientia ; vol. 46 (July 1929).In : Scientia ; vol. 46 (July 1929).
    什麼是西洋文明?
    Shen me shi wu zhi. Übersetzung von Russell, Bertrand. The ABC of relativity. (London : Kegan Paul, 1925). Chap. 14. What is matter ? 什麼是物質
    Wo men shi zai zhi dao shen me ne ? Übersetzung von Russell, Bertrand. The limits of empiricism. In : Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society ; vol. 36 (1935-1936). 我們實在知道什麼呢
    Wo men suo neng zuo de. Übersetzung von Russell, Bertrand. The policy of the entente, 1904-1914. Chap. 5. (Manchester : The National Labour Press, 1916). 我們所能做的
    Xian dui lun yu zhe xue. Übersetzung von Russell, Bertrand. The ABC of relativity. (London : Kegan Paul, 1925). Chap. 15 : Philosophical consequences.相對論與哲學
    Yi wei de yi wei. Übersetzung von Russell, Bertrand. Meaning of meaning. In : Dial ; 81 (1926).意味的意味
    Ying wei zhu yi yu jia zhi. Übersetzung von Russell, Bertrand. Sceptical essays. (London : Allen & Unwin, 1928). Chap. VII : Behaviourism and values.意味的意味
    Yingguo dui Hua de chun ju. Übersetzung von Russell, Bertrand. The British folly in China. In : The Nation ; no 124 (1927).英國對華的蠢劇
    You er de xun yu. Übersetzung von Russell, Bertrand. The training of young children. In : Harper's monthly magazine ; no 155 (1927).幼兒的訓練
    Yu yan yu yi wei. Übersetzung von Russell, Bertrand. The analysis of mind. (London : Allen & Unwin, 1921). Chap. 10 : Words and meaning.語言與意味
    Zhe xue li de ke xue fa. Übersetzung von Russell, Bertrand. Scientific method in philosophy. (Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1914).哲學裏的科學法
    Zhe xue zhi jia zhi. Übersetzung von Russell, Bertrand. The value of philosophy. In : Russell, Bertrand. The problems of philosophy. Chap. XV. (London : Oxford University Press, 1912).哲学值价値
    Zi ran yu ren. Übersetzung von Russell, Bertrand. Introduction : Russell, Bertrand. Icarus or the future of science. (London : Kegan Paul, 1924).
    科学的将来
    Wo dui Luosu de zan pei yu liao jie. [My admiration for and understanding of Russell]. [Geschrieben 1983]. 我對羅素的贊佩與了解 (Russ134, Publication)
  • Cited by: Asien-Orient-Institut Universität Zürich (AOI, Organisation)
  • Person: Russell, Bertrand
  • Person: Schwarcz, Vera