anon 0x1c1 said in #1429 13mo ago:
(http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/polisci/faculty/chwe/austen/lasker1907.pdf)
One of the reasons I am posting here is to discover some hidden gems that cannot be found easily elsewhere on the web.
In the spirit of discovering more, I would like to share this.
Emanuel Lasker was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher. He was the second World Chess Champion, holding the title for 27 years, from 1894 to 1921, the longest reign of any officially recognised World Chess Champion in history.
His magnum opus, Kampf, or Struggle, is an attempt to create a science governing the strategy of contests.
Here are some passages from the book which I hope will pique some of your interests.
It is an old reflection that life is a struggle. Darwin has expressed this idea more profoundly. He proved that the race, nay even the individual, is the product of the life struggles of its ancestors. The riddles of the cosmos can therefore be solved in
one way only; by investigating the laws and principles which determine the course and the outcome of struggles.
Hence faith is a belief that the forces of life act not blindly but are, manlike, subjected to the working of a principle of justice.
When our life presents hardships, when we cannot master the difficulties, and doubts of our
ability discourage us, hope tells us to do our best and to wait. When we are in the presence of immense forces and a sense of our insignificance assails us, faith whispers into our ear not to fear injustice. Hope and faith still the heart beat when will and reason cannot overcome obstacles
It is the mystical conception of life that has to be contended against. The riddles of life being solvable only by a study of struggle, the mystical conception of contest must be assailed. What is struggle and victory? Do they obey laws that reason can comprehend and formulate? What are these laws? That is the problem!
Would love to either hear your perspectives on this book, or be presented with any other hidden gems like this one.
In the spirit of discovering more, I would like to share this.
Emanuel Lasker was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher. He was the second World Chess Champion, holding the title for 27 years, from 1894 to 1921, the longest reign of any officially recognised World Chess Champion in history.
His magnum opus, Kampf, or Struggle, is an attempt to create a science governing the strategy of contests.
Here are some passages from the book which I hope will pique some of your interests.
It is an old reflection that life is a struggle. Darwin has expressed this idea more profoundly. He proved that the race, nay even the individual, is the product of the life struggles of its ancestors. The riddles of the cosmos can therefore be solved in
one way only; by investigating the laws and principles which determine the course and the outcome of struggles.
Hence faith is a belief that the forces of life act not blindly but are, manlike, subjected to the working of a principle of justice.
When our life presents hardships, when we cannot master the difficulties, and doubts of our
ability discourage us, hope tells us to do our best and to wait. When we are in the presence of immense forces and a sense of our insignificance assails us, faith whispers into our ear not to fear injustice. Hope and faith still the heart beat when will and reason cannot overcome obstacles
It is the mystical conception of life that has to be contended against. The riddles of life being solvable only by a study of struggle, the mystical conception of contest must be assailed. What is struggle and victory? Do they obey laws that reason can comprehend and formulate? What are these laws? That is the problem!
Would love to either hear your perspectives on this book, or be presented with any other hidden gems like this one.
referenced by: >>2291
One of the reasons I