
Laughing or Crying
by Lin Yutang
About This Novel
This book is divided into four volumes. Volume 1 is about "Situation". Describes the crisis in today's world and the potential for the Third War. Volume 2 discusses "Taoism", pointing out the decline of Taoism and the error of using materialistic methods to solve crises. Volume Three discusses "symptoms" and refutes various current treatises on postwar peace in order to see the crux of today's thinking. Volume Four discusses "Governance", which analyzes the direction of culture in the past hundred years from an academic perspective and deduce the historical reasons for the decline of humanity. It also sheds light on the new tendency of scientific thinking and change, rejects materialism and mechanism, and reestablishes the theory of free will. In terms of content, Volume 1 talks more about the new situation caused by the renaissance of Asia. Volume 2 discusses minor details such as racial prejudice, Europeanized ignorance, mathematical superstition, and mechanical psychology. Volume Three contains many examples of solutions for peace discussions in the West today. Volume 4 is devoted to the basic issues of academic thought and philosophy.
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