Essay in Love

作者艾倫狄波頓描寫自己的愛情故事,從相識相戀相處到分開,試以理性的方式和哲學理論去解釋這段愛情。
希望將這本書分享給在感情上遇到疑惑的朋友,在感情上沒有辦法被解釋的抽象行為與概念,或許看到這一本會有比較多對於自我的認知。
- 自我肯定:書中提到人是藉由他者來定義我們自己,而親密關係會增進對於自我的認識與認知,而親密關係的肯定會進而確立我們想要呈現的樣貌與身分。
- 心的間歇:愛情的悲劇來自於他無法逃離時間的向度,而部分的自我是否會因為停止了親密關係而消失?
- 超越善惡:何為一段關係的善與惡? 而我們如何定義道德? 康德提到道德取決於其行為動機。而兩個相愛的人本就是自私的,因為自私才相愛或分離。
書摘
不管拒絕本身有多不幸,我們真可以將愛等同於無私,而拒絕等同於殘酷,將愛等同於善良,而冷漠等同於邪惡嗎?…………一段愛情的結束是兩個自私個體之間的衝突,而非利己主義與利他主義,道德與不道德。P.224
唯一真正名副其實的自由,是以自己的方式追求自己想要的東西,只要不企圖危害他人的利益,或事組它們追求他們的利益。一旦對任何一個文明社會成員名正言順地動用公權力,那是為了阻止他傷害他人。利己,不管是在身體或精神方面,並不足以構成傷害他人的原因。(John Stuart Mill,論自由 On Liberty)
不同時期會對於書中各階段而有或強或弱的感受,第一次閱讀是在20歲的時候,當時對於前段的相戀與相處比較有感受力,有關宿命論及親密感的部分。但現在閱讀,卻對於上述討論的篇章及小說後半段分別與結束有比較深刻的共鳴,覺得這是一本可以一讀再讀的書。喜歡這本書用很精鍊的文字平淡直述他所面對的過程,然後試圖以各種論點(理性的角度、哲學的思想)來解釋他對於自我的矛盾,更甚至跳脫自我,設想對方的立場,唯有當自己拉高看事物的視角,才有可能暫離困在其中的情緒。不一定是一本看了會很有力量的書,但可以透過這本書瞭解自己,了解一段感情的過程演變,然後用比較客觀及理性的觀點去看待行為模式,或許會比較豁達地接受一切,然後認知感情的結果並沒有對錯善惡。
其他參考書目:戀人絮語、愛的進化論
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