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Free will is an illusion

Free will is an illusion as it cannot be proved or falsified. However, it is an essential mental construct so as to ensure one’s responsibility and dignity. In fact, there is no absolute free will – every action or thought is composed with the elements of conditioned and conditioning – this is the reality and…

分析地真與經驗地真之別

「其為人也孝弟,而好犯上者,鮮矣;不好犯上,而作亂者,未之有也。君子務本,本立而道生。孝弟也者,其為仁之本與!」《論語·學而篇》看分析地真與經驗地真。分析地真,隱喻著必然性;經驗地真隱含著或然性。然人慣以前者取代後者而生憂苦,豈不哀乎?文字之學,其患尤甚也。