重讀這本經典小書，彷彿回到三十年前在中大唸哲學的日子。 Ayer 也真厲害，在 1934 年於牛津的 Wadham College 開始撰寫，兩年後成書時還只不過是 25 歲。 今天讀來仍感受到這位年輕學者躍動求真的心靈爆發出來的力量。
很同意 Ben Rogers 在序言所說， 'There are better introductions to the study of philosophy and profounder contributions, but nothing with the same daring, vigour and trenchancy. It has the clear lines, vibrant contrasts and liberating frenchness of a building by Gropius or a chair by Rietveld. No book better captures the bold promise and giddy rigour of logical positivism. It is unquestionably a modern classic.'
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