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哲學教授陶國璋接受金成訪問，很值一看。

這位在中大任教多年的學者，年幼時因病停學三年。停學時他博覽群書，開始對文史哲產生興趣。復學後，他的年紀比同學大，很難交到朋友，所以在學時期，陶教授有段甚孤獨的時光。

陶教授於訪談中談起其宗教觀。他說他沒有宗教信仰，卻非無神論者，而是追尋科學與宗教間第三條路。他曾是天主教徒，卻在大學一年班時離教，開始鑽研哲學。他說無法說服自己相信人格化的神，又說宗教教義都是人所訂立。他雖不屬於任何宗教，卻尊敬基督教與佛教的精神，又有祈禱習慣。陶教授說雖然禱告未必有效用，卻令他記起有需要的人。

陶教授宗教觀，與不少近代德國人不謀而合。近年有許多德國人退出從小加入的新教或天主教國家教會，不再是文件上的信徒，然而這不代表他們成為無神論者，而是在靈性或神學上另有追求。
師承哲學家牟宗三的陶教授，對德國哲學亦有研究。他在訪談中引用德國哲學家海德格 (Martin Heidegger) 名言：「還有一個上帝可以救我們。」這句原文「Nur noch ein Gott kann uns retten.」，出自這哲學家 1966 年接受權威新聞週刊《明鏡》(Der Spiegel) 訪問，講到他對西方社會和人類文明之悲觀。陶教授說海德格沒解釋這上帝是誰，他卻認為這上帝可指人類的同情心和價值信念，而非宗教裡的神。

1955 年生的陶教授，與德國現任總理默茨 (Friedrich Merz) 和教宗良十四世同年生。前者離開了天主教，從哲學認識人生，後兩者則是天主教徒，分別領導基民盟這個以男天主教徒為主的政黨以及教廷。這三人都是 1950 年代中葉出生的知識分子，經歷過家鄉無數變革與歷史時刻，對天主教有不同看法與結論。陶教授還有中國傳統與佛家思想熏陶，有份華人社會悲天憫人的哲人精神。

看陶教授訪問，認識其思想洗禮，也旁觀德國哲學對其影響。

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我以為個title係"金成屌陶國璋教授"

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依家興用 X 代表cross-over，算係新標點符號。

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crossover唔係XO咩？

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好多意思既：

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Germini 都唔識呢個用法

what is the orginal phase or word for abbreviation "X"

Because the letter "X" is used as an abbreviation in several completely different contexts, its original word or phrase depends entirely on how it is being used.
The four most common original words and phrases behind the abbreviation "X" include:

1. In "Xmas" (Christmas)

• Original Word: Christ (Christós / Χριστός in Greek)
• The History: The "X" does not actually represent the English letter X. Instead, it represents Chi, the first letter of the Greek word for Christ (Χριστός). Monks and religious scholars began using "X" as a sacred shorthand for Christ as early as 1100 CE.

2. In Mathematics (The Algebraic Variable "x")

• Original Word: Something or A Thing (al-shay' / شَيْء in Arabic)
• The History: Modern algebra was heavily defined by Arabic mathematicians like Al-Khwarizmi, who used the word al-shay' to mean "the unknown thing". When Spanish scholars translated these math books in the 11th and 12th centuries, Spanish lacked a letter for the "sh" sound. They substituted the Greek letter Chi (X), which eventually standardized into the Latin letter "x" to represent any unknown number. (A secondary theory suggests René Descartes simply chose x, y, and z as arbitrary symbols for unknowns in 1637).

3. In "X-ray"

• Original Phrase: Unknown Radiation
• The History: When German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen discovered this new form of electromagnetic radiation in 1895, he did not know what it actually was. Borrowing the mathematical habit of using "X" for an unknown variable, he temporarily labeled them "X-rays." The name simply stuck.

4. As a Symbol for a Kiss (e.g., "XOXO")

• Original Word: Faith / Christ (via a signature mark)
• The History: In the Middle Ages, many people could not read or write. When signing a contract or document, they would sign with an "X" to symbolize the Christian cross. To prove they were acting in good faith and keeping their oath, they would physically kiss the X mark on the paper. Over hundreds of years, the act of putting an "X" on a letter evolved from an oath into a symbol representing the physical kiss itself.

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cross, 並唔係crossover, 都唔知邊個半桶水作出嚟嘅

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crossover喺港式英語有「聯乘」、跨界合作的意思，跟英文原意有些不同。

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