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曾翻阅一本愛因斯坦的文集,有段話令人對他刮目相看:When Einstein was a youth, he noticed that everything that supported his life was not made by himself: food that fed him, clothes that covered him, languages that connected him to others, physics that he was learning...
He saw 因緣 even when he was a youth! This impressed me more than his later activities in physics. No wonder he turned out an Einstein.
He specifically mentioned the availability of and a man's dependence on language, which, is not made by himself.
A language is far more significant than merely being a tool or tools, it also shapes the mind. That is, It doesn't just provide you, but also makes you. This insight is alreasy quite close to the Buddhist idea of 緣起性空.
The distinctions or criterions for 公and私 become very insignificant in the light of this understanding. They are just conventions, conveniences, or merely styles for expression.
(事實上,愛因斯坦這個智慧後來即體现在他的物理學上。