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    《迷失》第一季回潮:Tabula Rasa

    My favorite line in Tabula Rasa:
                                         Everyone deserves a fresh start.
                                                                               ——RAY
    这集标题Tabula Rasa又是个值得考证的东东,首先长得就不像英文……果然,它源自拉丁文,意指 "洁净的桌面",在文学中,指 "原生的、纯净无瑕的心灵",可容自我学习、无限延展。在网上粗粗搜索,出来最多的是韩国某中古奇幻网游……当然,如果勤快点加上限定词,深意就显现了:白版(tabula rasa)是经验主义(empiricism)的重要术语。经验主义认为一切知识都通过感官经验而来,人生下来时大脑空无一物(empty brain),心灵如白版,没有所谓的先天观念,通过视、听、味、触、嗅这些感觉过程才在上面印上痕迹,形成观念和知识。而第一个将经验论构造成完整理论体系的哲学家就叫洛克(John Locke),洛克哲学的基本原则是,"心灵是一张白纸","知识源于经验".认为心灵有感觉时才会发生观念,只有当感觉发动产生了心理活动时才会有反省。此想法与理性主义者相对立:理性主义(rationalism)继承了柏拉图的说教,对感官经验外在世界所得的讯息,持有很大的怀疑。代表人物有笛卡儿、莱布尼茨……笛卡儿认为根本原理必须具备清晰(clear)和明白(distinct)两种特性,不容许有任何的怀疑。而人在进行知觉活动时不可避免会产生错觉和幻觉,因此排除以感官知觉作为知识确定性的保障,同时认为人有所谓的“天生观念”(innate idea)。这里只是浅显的介绍,有兴趣的同学可以进一步挖掘……

    剧中理性主义人物的最佳代表非JACK莫属,而洛克在其他所有人迫切逃生时,初步流露出怡然自得的镇静,甚至闲适。他给小男孩找回了VINCENT,也预示之后将以智者身份指引更多人找回希望和信仰。他期待降临更多的奇迹,狂热地张开感官触角投身这神秘的自然。本集临近末尾,KATE面朝大海想对JACK说些过去的事:
    KATE: I want to tell you what I did - why he was after me.
    JACK: I don't want to know. It doesn't matter, Kate, who we were - what we did before this, before the crash. It doesn't really -- 3 days ago we all died. We should all be able to start over.
    没错,你是谁从哪来过去做了什么,一旦来了荒岛就不再重要(尽管我们旁观者清楚这不过是美丽幻想,人摆脱不了过去和习惯的羁绊)。动用你的感官去摸索去体验,每个人都可以获得新的经验和新生,Everyone deserves a fresh start. 算是点睛之语吧!
     
    这句话是谁说的?是RAY,the guy who ratted Kate out(rat out出卖)。他有a hell of a mortgage(一屁股的抵押借款),而且看到了KATE的MUG SHOT,从而得知他在SHEEP PEN(羊圈)里发现的ANNIE是个fugitive(在逃犯)。
     
    本集重要剧情之一是一队人在山顶收到了法国女人的求救信号——The transmission's been on a loop for 16 years. 之后他们在野外露营,BOONE在执勤时取走了SAWYER的枪……
    SAWYER: You took my gun off me, boy?
    SAYID: Give it back to me.
    SAWYER: Yeah, give it to Aljerzeera, he'll protect us.
    CHARLIE: Aljezeera is the network.
    Aljezeera是什么呢?SAWYER先是称JACK the hero,又叫KATE freckles(雀斑女),现在这个Aljezeera显然是讥讽SAYID。原来Aljezeera就是“中东的CNN”的半岛电台,那家著名的位于卡塔尔首都多哈的阿拉伯语电视媒体。SAWYER不久前刚把SAYID当成中东裔恐怖分子和他干过一架,SAWYER的调侃在别人听来是极大的冒犯,口舌之灾是难免啦!算了算了,伊拉克、中东地区、伊斯兰世界……我自己都弄不清楚。
     
    SAYID:We should begin rationing(定量配给)our remaining food. If it rains, we should set up tarps(防水布, 油布)to collect water.
    SAYID一行回到沙滩这样对大家宣布,尽管没有发出信号但不可以放弃希望,个人觉得他的领导比JACK更有亲和力,JACK过于严肃而且游离在人群之外。
     
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