高盧 vs 日耳曼

閣下對這兩個詞的刻板印象是什麽？

浪漫的法國人和嚴謹的德國人？

考究又繁複到幾近令人抓狂的葡萄美酒夜光杯和質樸無華的啤酒酸菜鹹豬手？

懶散的無政府主義和一絲不苟的實用主義？

我一直有一個迷思：爲什麽德國出了這麼多音樂家，法國出了這麼多數學家？

這似乎有點不合我對這兩個民族的刻板印象啊？

直到它的出現，答案終於找到了——啓蒙運動 vs 浪漫主義運動。

"the romantic movement believed in feelings, emotions, all the passion. 

in this it was directly contrary to the enlightenment, which put its faith in reason.

it was a europe-wide movement, but strongest in germany, where its ideas were worked out most fully.

these men of the romantic movement did not want reason to control our emotions or passions (hirst, 2009, p.40)."

此外，我還有一個未找到答案的無聊迷思：

如果sebastien loeb和michael schumacher比賽，誰會贏呢？

hirst, j. (2009). the shortest history of europe. melbourne: black inc.