最后,这个表述可能说明有一些事情我们无法说出甚至是无法思考的,因为一旦说出或考虑就会破坏其有效性,虽然只有一个涉及自指的例子,但不排除还有其他的可能,如此一来,思考一切的妄想就彻底破灭了,而且我想“Life, universe and everything”的终极答案不会是不涉及自指的,那样就像Douglas Adams的书中所写的,当有人发现了宇宙的最终答案时,宇宙就会立刻消失,取而代之的是一个更加古怪世界。
最后附一首Szymborska在中国广为流传的一首诗:
The Three Oddest Words
Szymborska
When I pronounce the word Future,
the first syllable already belongs to the past.
When I pronounce the word Silence,
I destroy it.
When I pronounce the word Nothing,
I make something no non-being can hold.
the first syllable already belongs to the past.
When I pronounce the word Silence,
I destroy it.
When I pronounce the word Nothing,
I make something no non-being can hold.
By Wislawa Szymborska
Translated by S. Baranczak & C. Cavanagh
Copyright © Wislawa Szymborska, S. Baranczak & C. Cavanagh
Translated by S. Baranczak & C. Cavanagh
Copyright © Wislawa Szymborska, S. Baranczak & C. Cavanagh
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