Induction

The term agnostic was fittingly coined by the 19th-century British scientist Thomas H. Huxley, who believed that only material phenomena were objects of exact knowledge. He made up the word from the prefix a-, meaning “without, not,” as in amoral, and the noun Gnostic. Gnostic is related to the Greek word gn?, “knowledge,” which was used by early Christian writers to mean “higher, esoteric knowledge of spiritual things”; hence, Gnostic referred to those with such knowledge. In coining the term agnostic, Huxley was considering as “Gnostics” a group of his fellow intellectuals—“ists,” as he called them— who had eagerly embraced various doctrines or theories that explained the world to their satisfaction. Because he was a “man without a rag of a label to cover himself with,” Huxley coined the term agnostic for himself, its first published use being in 1870.

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Oracle Poetry 11/12/2012

保生大帝靈感簽詩
第十八首:
步入羊腸過險坑,病軀沉重未甦醒。
若遇鼠猴能過得,渾如久雨喜新晴。
淺譯:
山高峻,人少登,林草蒼蒼,路如羊腸,又險坑坎坷顯前,乃是步往之道。走過此道,猶比上天之難。今病軀沉重,病疴昏迷未醒。若能像鼠猴過得此道,萬般又萬幸的喜事,猶如久雨得新晴,見了太陽似的。
斷定:
1、厝宅,歹。2、歲君,煩。3、婚姻,難。4、大命,險。5、尾景,歹。6、求財,無利。7、出外,歹。8、回家,難。9、生意,無利。10、尋物,難。11、訟事,拖尾。12、求學,難進。13、耕種,平。


關聖帝君百籤詩
第四十一籤 劉文龍求官【戊甲 中吉】
自南自北自東西 欲到天涯誰作梯
遇鼠逢牛三弄笛 好將名姓榜頭題
【典故】野史。劉文龍。漢時人。學問極淵博。因求官而全王昭君出塞和番。與妻分別十八年。回時家中老幼俱不相識。
【聖意】訟無定。終有遇。病多憂。擇醫癒。
    信即到。婚終好。凡所謀。慎勿躁。
【東坡解】若求名利。先難後有。白日青雲。必在子丑。
     聲譽顯赫。題名榜首。百事亨通。顯然有後。
【碧仙註】歷涉艱難。求謀未遂。富貴榮華。顯達在後。
【解曰】此籤。妄意事務。皆無定準。須緩求之。方有成就。訟必反覆。婚有三變之說。遇子丑日。或姓蕭之人。方可功名。初年難望。病多變。信能到。婚姻好。名利得。必待子丑年月。方得顯達也。
【釋義】人生志在四方。欲到天涯。不得人指引。靠人無力。前程有阻。遇鼠逢牛三弄笛者。謂子丑年月日。自有貴人拔擢。聲譽洋溢。名登金榜矣。問婚姻。得葛姓之力。占病有死之兆。凡事守之。必遇子丑二字方遂。此籤大抵始難終易。
【占驗】一生甲子科。占此。鄉會連捷。是應遇鼠逢牛四字。蓋占科名。凡遇子丑年。必捷也。惟泉州一生。科試。占此。場內經題。自西自東兩句。放榜時。剛值子月丑日。竟列在三等。首名全詩之驗如此。
【解說】人生志在四方,欲到天涯,靠誰指引?到南到北,惟靠自己努力。靠到子丑年月日,自有貴人提拔,考試必中,金榜題名。
      抽得此籤,若問名利,先難後成。問疾病,擇醫終癒。問訴訟,反覆無定,終得直。問婚姻,雖有波折,終談成。此籤大抵始難後易,遇子丑兩字即得顯達。
      據說有一考生,應科試占得此籤,不久果中,放榜時,剛值子月丑日,名列第三,正應了「遇鼠逢牛三弄笛,好將名娃榜頭題」之句,竟有如此靈驗之事!

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