: JosephWoodKrutch (1893-1970), Americanwriter, criticandnaturalist.Throughouthislifehewrote35booksaltogether, includingEdgarAllanPoe: AstudyinGenius (1926), TheModernTemper (1929), twocriticalbiographies, SamuelJohnson (1944),HenryDavidThoreau (1948), andhisautobiography, MoreLivesThanOne (1962).InTheModernTemper, aworkcriticalofscienceandtechnology, hesays, “Oursisalostcauseandthereisnoplaceforusinthenaturaluniverse, butwearenot, forallthat, .” ThisisreferredtobyRussellinChapterIIofTheConquestofHappiness, sayingthat “.”
: , itreferstoanythingnonexistent, fictitiousorunnatural.
: amemberofaworldwideorganizationofyoungmenandboys, foundedinEnglandin1908, fordevelopingcharacter, citizenship, “DoaGoodTurnDaily”.Itsmottoisto “BePrepared”.童子军
: amoralistissomeonewhohasstrongideasaboutrightandwrongbehavior, , derogatorily, isonewhodependsonmoralpreachingandcriticismforlivelihoodorevenfameandfortune.
: .
QuestionsforFurtherThinking
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, -inclusive? Whyorwhynot? Ifnot, whatelsedoyouthinkmightalsobeagoodone?
3.“Themanwhoreceivesaffectionis, speakingbroadly, themanwhogivesit.” Thisparadoxicalstatementechoestheideagivenbymanyotherwriters? Canyounameanyofthem?
, ? Pleasegiveexamplestoillustrateyourunderstanding.
, howcanyoufindorhituponyourgenuineinterests?
（类比）, ?
After-readingAssignment
OralWork
, fromAristotletoNietzsche, , findatleastthreephilosophicalviewsofhappiness, andfocusonsimilaritiesanddifferencesoftheirviews.Thengivea5-minutepresentationonittotheclass.
“Happiness, asisevident, dependspartlyuponexternalcircumstancesandpartlyupononeself”.Discusswithyourclassmatesingroupswhatconstitutes “externalcircumstances”.Thenpresentyourpointstotheclass.
, , givingyourpersonalcommentsonthoseviewsaswell.
, whoseviewisincontrasttoamoralist’.
WrittenWork
, : onecanbehappybecauseofintegrationwithinhimself; onecanbehappyforhisunitywithsociety; onemaybeunhappyforlackofcoordinationwithinhimself; , .
“Thehappylifeistoanextraordinaryextentthesameasthegoodlife.” Doyouagreeordisagree? Chooseaposition, andmakeawrittenoutlineofyoursupportingpointswithfurtherillustrations.
, andchooseonethatyoulikebest.Writea300-wordessayonit, givingyourinterpretationsandcomments.
, ? Writea400-wordessaytoextendyourview.
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