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658 views. 2009-6-29 10:03 |Individual Classification:something|

After reading several times of an article, i really like to share to people.
It teaches me much about life, especially how to overcome the fear of death.
"to make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal, unitil bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomes increasingly merged in the universal life."
it is true that you will be impersonal if you can merge your life in to the so-called universal life, however, how many of us can actually get rid of selfishness or egotism.

I really like the way this article depicts individual life
"An individual human existence should be like a river -- small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past blouders and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the water flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being."

Probably, when you can see life this way, you will no longer suffer from the fear of death, " since the things he cares for will continue."

hope you all like this.
excerpt from lesson 11 NCE 4

Post comment Comment (8 replies)

Reply Janice 2009-6-29 12:23
I have read these sentences before and I love them too,especially that one by  Russell.It enlightens us so much.
Reply crazycool 2009-6-29 16:39
Janice: I have read these sentences before and I love them too,especially that one by  Russell.It enlightens us so much.
glad to hear you love them too

hope you will share more with me
Reply rainygqh 2009-6-29 23:58
This is the text on our close reading book and we have been asked to translate this paragraph. Russell is really a great philosopher and writer. Admire him so much!
Reply crazycool 2009-6-30 10:32
rainygqh: This is the text on our close reading book and we have been asked to translate this paragraph. Russell is really a great philosopher and writer. Admir
really, can u introduce me more of his writing to me   thx
Reply Edelweiss 2009-6-30 15:51
philosophical.
Reply crazycool 2009-6-30 16:49
Edelweiss: philosophical.
probably, i like a life philosophy
Reply rainygqh 2009-6-30 22:48
crazycool: really, can u introduce me more of his writing to me   thx
I recommend a book of him called The conquest of happiness 《幸福之路》which probes into the human nature and analyzes the reasons why people feel unhappy. But it is hard to find the English version on the market now. You can search the Internet for some excerpts.
Reply crazycool 2009-7-1 11:28
rainygqh: I recommend a book of him called The conquest of happiness 《幸福之路》which probes into the human nature and analyzes the reasons why people feel unh
appreciate your recom

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