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在時代夾縫中成長,經歷過難以想像的艱辛歲月,見證了半世紀的風雲,進入過色彩絢爛的古代文化世界,遨遊過西方廣闊的思想天地,宇宙六合,俱在心靈重現宏偉的圖景。一生堅守的信念,源自內心深處:確信愛與自由,比一切重要。自由,是精神超越的必要條件。愛,不論愛人與被愛,生命才顯示色彩。沒有愛與自由,漆黑一片,生不如死。一生未能忘懷的,是托爾斯泰的《戰爭與和平》。一生的摯愛,永遠埋在心底。一生追求的,是天上的雲彩。 Living in continuously changing times, I have been through a bitter period of life. I have seen the changes that went through in this century. I have entered into the magnificent world of Chinese Classic and Literature, and I have traveled through the plains of the West in my heart, this beauty is once again reborn. My principles that I bear in mind every moment comes from within my heart: the power of love and freedom are most important and towers over the other things in life. Freedom is state of mind which we all have to overcome. Love - no matter if you are being love or in love, the world seems much brighter, happier. Without love and freedom, life would be like blackness, living as though dead. One of life's most memorable moments was when I read Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace. The person I love most in this world would always be there, deep down in my heart. Chasing after those moments in life, is like chasing the clouds that drift across our skies.

2014年1月16日 星期四

誤解資本主義

標榜資本主義掩飾人吃人的事實,婦孺皆知。
資本主義是在不斷演變的事實,生活在當下,習以為常,人不一定知。
人知 Adam Smith (1723-1791)是資本主義之父,因為寫了一部  An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of Wealth of Nations 強調市場機制的自動運作,來自看不見的手的力量,即供應與需求。
但很多人不知他也寫下一部  The Theory of Moral Sentiments  。強調天賦的同情心是人類道德的根源,人類的社會因道德而顯示意義。
不是任何東西平賤便必然購買,亦非有利可圖便必非要生產,其中有自覺的道德意義在控馭,資本主義原非自私自利。
一百年後, Max Weber(1864-1920) 於 1905年出版論文集   Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus ( The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism    ) ,   強調基督教的情操和理念,是資本主義的核心價值。
Adam Smith Max Weber 都是大家耳熟能詳的思想家,是資本主義在不同階段的理論家,均強調經濟生活之受內在德性的支配。
痛罵資本主義,皆因受蒙蔽。睜開雙眼看世界,便知是否如此的不濟。

原發表時間 2007-03-30 12:02

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