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216.A lover of knowledge
第216課 一個熱愛知識的人
Professor Roberto Reyna symbolizes man's love for knowledge. His first degree was in math. He wrote a famous treatise on symmetry, which demonstrated his sympathy for ancient mathematicians. However, in a later essay, he sympathized with modern thinkers, who systematically argue that a lack of symmetrical properties in the real world demonstrates a system of chaos. In addition, he wrote a brilliant synopsis of Euclid's twelve-volume systematic treatment of geometry. Tackling this project was no easy feat, but he did it with utmost tact. This book was the first to synthesize ancient and modern geometry and systematize this vast body of knowledge.
羅伯托·萊納教授代表著人類對知識的熱愛。他的第一個學位是數學領域的。他寫過一篇有關對稱的著名論文，表明他對古代數學家的同情。但是，在后來的一篇文章中，他對現代思想家給予同情。這些人系統地認為，在現實世界中缺乏對稱性表明了混亂的體系。此外，他為歐幾里得系統論述幾何的十二卷專著寫了精彩的概要。完成這個項目絕非易事，但他駕輕就熟。這本書第一次把古代幾何和現代幾何加以綜合，并把這個龐大的知識體系加以系統化。
Professor Reyna has always been sympathetic to underground intellectual movements, and his work in music is a testament to this fact. He has used aggressive tactics to popularize atonal music, even joining a symphony that specializes in the music of Shoenberg. Some critics propose that atonal music is synonymous with chaos, but Reyna believes the growth of such music is a symptom of a healthy artistic world. "It's a synonym for development. You can't equate Bach with Shoenberg. A clock in the past cannot be synchronized with a clock in the present. Thus, new trends are born."
萊納教授一直同情地下的知識分子運動，他在音樂領域的工作是對這一點的證明。他利用積極手段普及無調音樂，甚至加入專門演奏舒恩伯格音樂的交響樂團。有些評論家認為無調音樂等同于混亂，但萊納認為這種音樂的發展是一個健康藝術世界的跡象。“它是發展的同義詞。你不能把巴赫等同于舒恩伯格。古代的時鐘不可能和現代的時鐘協調一致。因此，新的潮流就會產生。”
A pleasant man, he invited me to have breakfast with him. We shared pancakes smothered with maple syrup while chatting about some of Reyna's lesser-known interests. "I'd like to visit the vast tableland of Tibet. In cultural studies, no one has yet tried to explain the synthesis of pre-and post-Buddhist Tibetan religion. Well, artificial and synthetic attempts have been made, but nothing significant." Afterwards, I watched him play the piano, the guitar, and a synthesizer in between chats about the history of music.
他是個很友善的人，曾邀請我和他共進早餐。我們一起吃蓋著厚厚一層楓糖漿的薄煎餅，一邊談著萊納的一些不甚為人所知的興趣。“我想去看看西藏遼闊的高原。在文化研究方面，還沒有入試圖去解釋佛教傳入前和佛教傳入后西藏宗教的綜合。唔，已經有人做過人為的和綜合的努力，但都沒有重大意義。”隨后，在閑談音樂史當中，我看著他演奏了鋼琴、吉它和音響合成器。
