Aphilosophy Lesson.pdfVIP

Ihadaphilosophy(哲学 )professor．Hisuntidyappearancewashighlighted(突出)bya — sportcoatandpoor—fittingthickglasses， whichoften onthetipofhisnose． EverynOW and then， asmostphilosophy professorsdo， hewould go off on oneofthosehard．to．understand and existential “what’Sthemeaning 一’discussions．Manyofthosediscussionswent 4 therewereafew thatreallyhithome(切中要害)．Thiswasoneofthem． “Respondtothefollowingquestionsbya上 ofhands，”myprofessorinstructed． “How many ofyou can tellme something aboutyourparents?”Everyone’Shand ． “How manyofyou can tellme somethingaboutyourgrandparents?” Aboutthree—fourthsraised theirhands． “How manyofyou cantellme somethingaboutyour great—grandparents?”Two outofsixty stu— dentsraised theirhands． “Lookaroundthe 7 ，”hesaid． “Injusttwoshortgenerations any ofUS even know whoourOWn great—grandparentswere．Oh sure，maybewehavea(n) photographinamusty(C发 C C 霉 的) cigarboxorknow theclassicfamily， abouthow oneofthem walked fivemilesto schoolbarefoot．Buthow manyofUS 11 know who they were，whatthey thought，whatthey were proudof,whatthey werearfaidoLorwhatthey 12 about? Think aboutthat．W ithin three gen— erations our ancestors are allbutforgotten．Willthis to you? “Here’Sabetterquestion．Look 垒 threegenerations．You are long ．Instead ofyou sitting in thisroom，nOW it’Syourgreat—grandchildren．Whatwilltheyhavetosay_ 1_6_you?Will they know aboutyou?Orwillyou be ，too? D D D “Isyourlife going to be a l8 oran example?Whatlegacy(遗产)willyouleave?The