Having traveled through four gates of the palace,Śākyamuni became aśramaṇa to seek the solution for mankind’s“birth,aging,sickness,and death”.Finally,he found the truth-the ineffable reality of the world.To expoun...Having traveled through four gates of the palace,Śākyamuni became aśramaṇa to seek the solution for mankind’s“birth,aging,sickness,and death”.Finally,he found the truth-the ineffable reality of the world.To expound the truth to people,he had to use the linguistic convention to express the inexpressible state.The primary purpose of this paper is to use the Buddhist perspective on language based on the Prajñāpāramitā-sūtras,to compare the daily language in the world-especially linguistics and philosophy of language in academia;hence point out their limitations,defect,or pitfalls,to see the crux of the language problem,and turn to the path of Buddhist practicing as well as“bringing wisdom from knowledge”.I will elaborate on six points in full text:I.Introduction,including the five key concepts.II.The comparison of the Buddhist perspective on language with linguistics and philosophy of language.III.The perspective of the language in the 4th,7th&16th assemblies.IV.To understand the reality of the world,we have to cultivate the“hearing,contemplating,and practicing”based on Buddha’s words.V.The significance of the Buddhist perspective on language in this era.VI.Conclusion.展开更多
The essay deals with the so-called“Toledoth Yeshu,”one of the most cryptic stories about Jesus Christ from Middle Ages.They referred to some stories of the Gospels of the New Testament and rearranged them again in o...The essay deals with the so-called“Toledoth Yeshu,”one of the most cryptic stories about Jesus Christ from Middle Ages.They referred to some stories of the Gospels of the New Testament and rearranged them again in order to set up a counter story.The thesis of the paper is that these counter stories did not aim at the New Testament as such,but at the Christological dogmatic that stripped Jesus of his Jewishness and turned him into a figure similar to pagan deities opposing and damaging Jewish tradition mainly by exercising magic.At the end,“Toledoth Yeshu”told a story claiming that Yeshu was sentenced to death only by Jewish authorities,because he practiced the blasphemous act of magic of God’s name,seduced his followers by doing so and,therefore,damaged the faith in the One God.That is why I consider“Toledoth Yeshu”a strong and self-conscious Jewish polemic not against the Jewish roots of Christianity,not even against the Jewish Christians that long have perished,but against Gentile or pagan Christianity and its successful attempt to turn Christ into a paganized divine being acting out magic instead of observing the Torah.展开更多
This paper explores some aspects of the problem of developing terminology for attitudinal relations in English,as part of a description of evaluation informed by systemic functional linguistics(SFL)-APPRAISAL.It revie...This paper explores some aspects of the problem of developing terminology for attitudinal relations in English,as part of a description of evaluation informed by systemic functional linguistics(SFL)-APPRAISAL.It reviews the relational theory of meaning underpinning the description and key dimensions of the Systemic Functional Linguistic theory from which the description is derived.Key issues in the selection of terms and presentation of APPRAISAL systems are then discussed,and suggestions canvassed for possible revisions.The paper highlights the possibilities and challenges involved in naming and presenting semantic relations in descriptions using SFL as their informing theory.展开更多
SOLOVARY proved that every regular uncountable κ is the union of κ disjoint stationary sets (ref. [1], Theorem 85). Let κ be an ineffable ordinal, and let A(?)κ. If A is an ineffable set, then A is a stationary se...SOLOVARY proved that every regular uncountable κ is the union of κ disjoint stationary sets (ref. [1], Theorem 85). Let κ be an ineffable ordinal, and let A(?)κ. If A is an ineffable set, then A is a stationary set and A is the union of κ disjoint stationary sets. We ask the following question: Is A the union of κ disjoint ineffable sets? We will give a positive answer for the question.展开更多
文摘Having traveled through four gates of the palace,Śākyamuni became aśramaṇa to seek the solution for mankind’s“birth,aging,sickness,and death”.Finally,he found the truth-the ineffable reality of the world.To expound the truth to people,he had to use the linguistic convention to express the inexpressible state.The primary purpose of this paper is to use the Buddhist perspective on language based on the Prajñāpāramitā-sūtras,to compare the daily language in the world-especially linguistics and philosophy of language in academia;hence point out their limitations,defect,or pitfalls,to see the crux of the language problem,and turn to the path of Buddhist practicing as well as“bringing wisdom from knowledge”.I will elaborate on six points in full text:I.Introduction,including the five key concepts.II.The comparison of the Buddhist perspective on language with linguistics and philosophy of language.III.The perspective of the language in the 4th,7th&16th assemblies.IV.To understand the reality of the world,we have to cultivate the“hearing,contemplating,and practicing”based on Buddha’s words.V.The significance of the Buddhist perspective on language in this era.VI.Conclusion.
文摘The essay deals with the so-called“Toledoth Yeshu,”one of the most cryptic stories about Jesus Christ from Middle Ages.They referred to some stories of the Gospels of the New Testament and rearranged them again in order to set up a counter story.The thesis of the paper is that these counter stories did not aim at the New Testament as such,but at the Christological dogmatic that stripped Jesus of his Jewishness and turned him into a figure similar to pagan deities opposing and damaging Jewish tradition mainly by exercising magic.At the end,“Toledoth Yeshu”told a story claiming that Yeshu was sentenced to death only by Jewish authorities,because he practiced the blasphemous act of magic of God’s name,seduced his followers by doing so and,therefore,damaged the faith in the One God.That is why I consider“Toledoth Yeshu”a strong and self-conscious Jewish polemic not against the Jewish roots of Christianity,not even against the Jewish Christians that long have perished,but against Gentile or pagan Christianity and its successful attempt to turn Christ into a paganized divine being acting out magic instead of observing the Torah.
文摘This paper explores some aspects of the problem of developing terminology for attitudinal relations in English,as part of a description of evaluation informed by systemic functional linguistics(SFL)-APPRAISAL.It reviews the relational theory of meaning underpinning the description and key dimensions of the Systemic Functional Linguistic theory from which the description is derived.Key issues in the selection of terms and presentation of APPRAISAL systems are then discussed,and suggestions canvassed for possible revisions.The paper highlights the possibilities and challenges involved in naming and presenting semantic relations in descriptions using SFL as their informing theory.
文摘SOLOVARY proved that every regular uncountable κ is the union of κ disjoint stationary sets (ref. [1], Theorem 85). Let κ be an ineffable ordinal, and let A(?)κ. If A is an ineffable set, then A is a stationary set and A is the union of κ disjoint stationary sets. We ask the following question: Is A the union of κ disjoint ineffable sets? We will give a positive answer for the question.
