2024年10月7日 星期一

《薛西弗斯推石 反映的人生與人類絕望處境》

《薛西弗斯推石 反映的人生與人類絕望處境》

做學問要不斷往深度挖掘,要儘量追問到最深的問題,這是哲學這門學問的性質,人生也要承載人類整體的命運;人生要有格局。
哲學家卡謬說: "真正嚴肅的哲學問題只有一個就是自殺"。他的意思是人出現在宇宙是件荒謬的事,人類是荒謬的存在,人生本無意義。視哲學為研究死亡的學問是哲學的傳統之一,但哲學不只是研究死亡。
在《薛西弗斯的神話》一書中,卡謬述說薛西弗斯被神處罰把大石頭往山頂堆,但每到接近山頂時石頭就滾回山下,他下山再一次把石頭往山推,石頭再滾下來,他再度往上推,就這樣不斷地重複,他繼續做這無意義的事。卡謬把人生比喻為荒謬而無意義的事再擴大,擴大到認識薛西弗斯荒謬的處境;但在無意義行動中可找到人生意義、他的自由,甚至快樂;每當薛西弗斯從山底再度開始推動石頭時,他是再度向神挑戰,他的反抗精神與尊嚴可說上與天(神)齊。
個人認為這神話不只是描述人生,還可擴大為描寫人類,人類在宇宙的出現事件荒謬的、無意義的、混亂的,自相矛盾的事。上與天齊。所以,個人主張拯救人類使人類物種免於滅絕的命運是最重要的事,是人生的目標,是人的承擔。這可能是無意義的行動,但人類物種要有這種反抗精神。
中國哲學或中國思想的天人合一思想對宇宙的認定從開始就錯誤。卡謬說: "All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning"。認識問題與解決問題必須從知道宇宙真相與人生是荒謬的事實開始,這是重要的開始,有這基本認識才可能有偉大的、有意義的思想與崇高雄偉的功績。各文化文明的宗教與中國傳統思想都是文不對題,都不是真實偉大的思想與義行。
卡繆在《薛西弗斯的神話》(法語:Le Mythe de Sisyphe;英語:The Myth of Sisyphus)中,從作為哲學問題的自殺,以及自殺映射出生活中的荒謬開始談,再以古希臘薛西弗斯的神話進一步闡述此處境。卡繆認為,人渴望尋求一切的意義,統一和清晰,世界卻充滿著不可理解,這種人與世界的對立就是荒謬。卡繆提出的問題是:荒謬在怎樣的程度上導致了人的自殺?人能否帶著荒謬義無反顧地生活?
(個人在8/19日已有一篇卡謬的發文。)

以下推薦圖片,但不刊出。
圖六"卡謬說: I leave Sisyphus at the foot of the mountain. One always finds one's burden again. But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks. He too concludes that all is well. This universe henceforth without a master seems to him neither sterile nor futile.Each atom of that stone, each mineral flake of that night-filled mountain, in itself, forms a world. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.",網址: https://www.azquotes.com/quote/348304
圖七"卡謬說: "All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning",網址: https://www.azquotes.com/quote/549348?ref=myth-of-sisyphus
圖八"卡謬說: “What, then, is that incalculable feeling that deprives the mind of the sleep necessary to life? A world that can be explained even with bad reasons is a familiar world. But, on the other hand, in a universe suddenly divested of illusions and lights, man feels an alien, a stranger. His exile is without remedy since he is deprived of the memory of a lost home or the hope of a promised land. This divorce between man and his life, the actor and his setting, is properly the feeling of absurdity.”,網址: https://www.quotescosmos.com/....../Albert-Camus......
圖九"沙特說: “The Myth of Sisyphus, that it was not acceptable for the absurd person to commit suicide, but that to live, and live rebelliously, “with my revolt, my freedom, and my passion,” was the best way of both acknowledging and rejecting death.”,網址: https://quotefancy.com/....../Jean-Paul-Sartre-The......
圖十"卡謬說: The only serious question in life is whether to kill yourself or not.",網址: https://www.azquotes.com/quote/467165
圖十一"曾國藩說:「謀大事者,首重格局。」",網址: https://www.bilibili.com/read/cv20009346/