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.

Friday, March 22, 2013

Sign 13/3/2013

Part 1
Verse:
〖诗曰〗不远有近,似易似难,等闲一事,云中笑看。
Explanation:
〖签释〗这条签如果光从字面上看浅显明白,很容易被忽视。其实,中间深藏着玄机,不经点破,是难以弄懂得。原来这件等闲的小事,这件不远不近,似易似难,中不溜儿的事情要办得完善的话,关键在于"云中笑看"。
易经八卦里,乾,坤,震,巽,坎,离,艮,兑所对自然事物分别为天地雷,水,火,山,泽。按照今天的常识,谁都会认为云是由水蒸气凝而成,主要构成成份应为水。那么,签诗中的云是不是代表水,代表"离"卦呢?错了,古人认为云是当聚集而成的所以,将云归为一类,也就是说,对应的卦应当是"巽"。巽卦,所对应的方位是东南,季节是春夏之交,所对应的动物是属相是鸡,属性是入,这个入含进入,进一步,渗透等意思。你将这些与自己卜问的事联系在一起反复考虑几遍,就是顿然大悟的。

Part 2
Verse:
〖卦语〗红叶无颜色,凋零一夜风;邻鸡醒午梦,心事总成空。
Explanation:
〖释义〗萧飒的秋风,一夜之间竟将红叶糟蹋得破败不堪。 良好的愿望,就象白日的美梦,被邻居家的雄鸡惊破。 自古红颜多薄命,不幸的原因之一,就是因为美丽贤慧而遭到妒忌的暗箭---------风言语的攻击,巽如风如鸡,五行属木。这种毁灭性的打击可以理解为所有人为的口头信息,比如:错误的命令,坏消息,挑拨离间的馋言,诬蔑,诽谤,恐吓,虚伪的甜言蜜语… "巽在床下,丧其资斧。"后果是不吉利的。有丧失资财的可能性,好事成空,转为败局。 此签要求我们,谨防来自东南方向的女人和一个仪表整洁的文人,此人是一个油滑的小官史,姓氏中带有草木偏旁。在你家里,室内不要摆放花草盆栽,也不要持那种招风的山水树木鸡禽图画。事情最终还要靠较高职位的官员,为你说话,化解凶薮。

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