Umberto Eco is a famous scholar-novelist, and Cardinal Martini is a famous scholar-bishop. Eco is an urbane ex-Catholic. Cardinal Martini is an urbane prince of the Church. Belief or Nonbelief?, a little book of eight chapters, is a dialogue between them, first published by an Italian newspaper. Each author writes four alternating chapters addressing the hopes of humanity at the dawn of a new millennium, the question of the beginning of human life, the role of the Church, and how we can know Truth. Belief or Non Belief? is a good idea, but it suffers from a couple of problems. The format and content are too obviously recycled newspaper articles. While the engaging, popular style is welcome, the necessary brevity of each chapter means arguments cannot be developed, and the reader is left vaguely dissatisfied. It would have been better if the authors had expanded the project. Both men write well in a sophisticated and polite Italian style that is entertaining at first, but it soon sounds artificial to the English reader. Finally, there are some difficulties in translation: for example, "illumination" is used instead of "enlightenment" and "layman" is consistently used where "non-Catholic" is probably intended. Despite these criticisms, Belief or Nonbelief? is a sharp little book giving a fresh perspective on age-old questions. --Dwight Longenecker
艾柯1932年齣生於意大利西北部皮埃濛特省(Piedmont)的亞曆山德裏亞市(Alessandria)。艾柯齣生時,正值第一次法西斯與抵抗運動浪潮席捲意大利之時。當地居民的性格更接近相鄰法國人的冷靜平淡,而不是南方意大利人的熱情洋溢。艾柯常說,他在這種文化中的成長是造成他寫作獨特氣...
評分艾柯1932年齣生於意大利西北部皮埃濛特省(Piedmont)的亞曆山德裏亞市(Alessandria)。艾柯齣生時,正值第一次法西斯與抵抗運動浪潮席捲意大利之時。當地居民的性格更接近相鄰法國人的冷靜平淡,而不是南方意大利人的熱情洋溢。艾柯常說,他在這種文化中的成長是造成他寫作獨特氣...
評分一 一把刀的鋒刃很不容易越過,因此智者說得救之道是睏難的。 ——《迪托—奧義書》 讀過《刀鋒》的人,大都記得毛姆在扉頁上引用的這句話。最近自己讀書的心得,似乎將它稍做改動,即可錶達:一把刀的鋒刃很不容易越過,智者的得救之道尤為睏難。因為在某種層麵上,智者比常...
評分一 一把刀的鋒刃很不容易越過,因此智者說得救之道是睏難的。 ——《迪托—奧義書》 讀過《刀鋒》的人,大都記得毛姆在扉頁上引用的這句話。最近自己讀書的心得,似乎將它稍做改動,即可錶達:一把刀的鋒刃很不容易越過,智者的得救之道尤為睏難。因為在某種層麵上,智者比常...
評分一 一把刀的鋒刃很不容易越過,因此智者說得救之道是睏難的。 ——《迪托—奧義書》 讀過《刀鋒》的人,大都記得毛姆在扉頁上引用的這句話。最近自己讀書的心得,似乎將它稍做改動,即可錶達:一把刀的鋒刃很不容易越過,智者的得救之道尤為睏難。因為在某種層麵上,智者比常...
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