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1、MeditationontheMoonAldousLeonardHuxleyMaterialismandmentalism・thephilosophiesof'nothingbut.1Howwearilyfamiliarwehavebecomewiththat*nothingbutspace,time,matterandmotion：that'nothingbutsex：that'nothingbuteconomics'!Andthenolessintolerant'nothingbutspirit','nothingbutconsciousness：'no
2、thingbutpsychology1・howboringandtiresometheyalsoare!Nothingbut1ismeanaswellasstupid・Itlacksgenerosity・Enoughof'nothingbut'・Itistimetosayagain,withprimitivecommonsense(butforbetterreasons),"notonly,butalso1.Outsidemywindowthenightisstrugglingtowake;inthemoonlight,theblindedgardendre
3、amssovividlyofitslostcoloursthattheblackrosesarealmostcrimson,thetreesstandexpectantlyonthevergeoflivinggreenness・Thewhite-washedparapetoftheterraceisbrilliantagainstthedark-bluesky・(Doestheoasislietherebelow,and,beyondthelastofthepalmtrees,isthatthedesert?)Thewhitewallsofthehousec
4、oldlyreverberatethelunarradiance・(ShallIturntolookattheDolomiteslrisingnakedoutofthelongslopesofsnow?)Themoonisfull・Andnotonlyfull,butalsobeautiful.Andnotonlybeautiful,butalso...Socrateswasaccusedbyhisenemiesofhavingaffirmed,heretically,thatthemoonwasastone.Hedeniedtheaccusation.Al
5、lmen,saidhe,knowthatthemoonisagod,andheagreedwithallmen.Asananswertothematerialisticphilosophyof'nothingbut*hisretortwassensibleandevenscientific.Moresensibleandscientific,forinstance,thantheretortinventedbyD.H・Lawreneeinthatstrangebook,sotrueinitspsychologicalsubstance,sopreposter
6、ous,veryoften,initspseudo-scientific,form,FantasiaoftheUnconscious.Themoon,writesLawrenee'certainlyisn'tasnowycoldworld,likeaworldofourowngonecold.Nonsense.Itisaglobeofdynamicsubstanglikeradium,orphosphorus,coagulateduponavividpoleofenergy.'Thedefectofthisstatementisthatithappensto
7、bedemonstrablyuntrue・Themoonisquitecertainlynotmadeofradiumorphosphorus.Themoonis,materially,*astone".Lawreneewasangry(andhedidwelltobeangry)withthenothing-butphilosopherswhoinsistthatthemoonisonlyastone.Heknewthatitwassomethingmore;hehadtheempiricalcertaintyofitsdeepsignificaneean
8、dimportsnee.Buthetriedtoex
