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学者如科学家,要想成社会的焦点、媒体的宠儿,首先要在自己的专业领域奠定其“王者地位”,然后再向专业外延伸和发展。
比如哲学家罗素,他的一生可谓多姿多彩,出尽风头,成为炙手可热的公众人物。但如果不是因为他写了《数学原理》,奠定他在哲学史和逻辑史上的地位,使他在35岁就当选为皇家学会会员,他再想多方面发展,再想当公众人物,估计能量也够呛。
据张金言译、Graying AC写的《Russell(罗素)》:
“罗素后来在许多活动领域之所以取得成就,大部分是由于他已赢得了《数学原理》所赋予他的奥林匹斯山神的崇高地位。”(张金言译)
“Much that Russell later attempted and achieved in his many spheres of activity was made possible by his having earned the Olympian stature conferred by authorship of Principia (Principia Mathematica).”
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