研究中国哲学不仅是为了理解过去，也是为了与当下对话。
人们是好奇的。少数人是这样的。他们会被驱使去发现事情，即使是微不足道的事情。他们会把事情拼凑起来，一直知道他们可能是错的。
有时候，赢的唯一方法就是拒绝参与游戏。
我希望我的读者能感到他们并不孤单。
The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.
