什麼是伐柯？

伐柯的宗旨是：提出新問題、創造新思想，以完善我們自己的生活、構建更好的社會。

圍繞著這一目標，我們已建立三個欄目。關於他們具體內容的描述如下。

伐柯定期邀請在各個領域有創見的仁人志士來【伐柯講壇】舉辦講座。古人云：「學不可以已。」人無論男女老幼，只有不斷地學習，才能避免落入愚昧無知和狂妄自大的深淵。

目前正在進行的講壇活動是由劉智雄先生主講的《批判性思維工具》系列講座。

我們會根據社會熱點問題或者伐柯人的需要，不定期在伐柯的各個社區里舉辦圍繞特定主題的討論和辯論，並對思想碰撞之中閃現出的新問題、新觀點、新概念和新思想進行精編、梳理和總結，集合成語錄體的討論成果發表在【伐柯龍門陣】版塊。我們相信每一個碎片化的新見解，都是一顆耀眼的星，抓住它們並進行恰當及時的組織，我們將擁有一片星空。

伐柯鼓勵並珍惜每一位伐柯人的思想和創作能力，我們會收集並篩選伐柯各個社區的成員以及讀者的原創文章，擇優發表在【伐柯思想】欄目。我們對不同的思想兼容並包，提倡百家爭鳴。無論觀點和結論，只要邏輯明晰、論證合理、對大家和社會有益的文章皆是上作。

伐柯二字取自《詩經》：「伐柯伐柯，其則不遠。」柯：斧柄；則：原則、方法。執柯伐柯，用斧頭對著手上握的斧柄的形狀，按一定方法把眼前的木頭砍成一個新的斧柄。

「伐柯」的「象」是上面描述的這樣，含義十分豐富。《中庸》里講「執柯以伐柯，睨而視之。猶以為遠。故君子以人治人，改而止。」這是說，拿著斧頭伐木作新斧柄，只要瞄一眼手上的斧柄就能看見斧柄的樣子，但有人卻還要到處尋找。意在批評很多人把中庸看做條框盲目追求的做法。其實中庸之道也是在隨時變動的，並且離我們很近。再比如「執柯伐柯」可以解釋成我們每個人都繼承著過去的思想傳統，也有自己的新思想（執斧），但有時會忘記了過去思想傳統的本貌，抑或不知道如何把自己的思想付諸實際。因此需要用其他方法，譬如通過學習經典獲取傳統的本真以及從別人那裡獲得演繹思想、運用思想地實踐知識（伐柯），於現在採取行動，以改變未來。也可以說「伐柯」的精神是謙虛謹慎的推理論證，用不同的視角來檢驗彼此。還可以解釋成我們願做新思想和新交流方式的媒介，等等。

Logos (Greek: λ?γο? (In capitals: ΛΟΓΟΣ), from λ?γω lego "I say") means "a ground", "a plea", "an opinion", "an expectation", "word", "speech", "account", or "to reason」.

It became an important term in philosophy from Heraclitus (ca. 535–475 BC) who used the term for a principle of order and knowledge. 「Logos」 is also one of the three modes of persuasion by Aristotle, meaning argument from reason. According to Paul Rahe, 「it enables the human being to perform as no other animal can; it makes it possible for him to perceive and make clear to others through reasoned discourse the difference between what is advantageous and what is harmful, between what is just and what is unjust, and between what is good and what is evil.」 The term later appeared in religions, most notably the Gospel of John, the opening sentence of which went 「In the beginning was the Word (Logos), and the Word (Logos) was with God, and the Word (Logos) was God」. Psychologist Carl Jung contrasted 「logos」 with 「eros」, with the former referring to 「science」 or 「reason」, and the later 「mysticism」 or 「imagination」.

We employ this term to designate our organization in that (1) we are intrigued by the cause of finding the ultimate principle of life and the universe, (2) Aristotle』s logos is our aim, i.e. to reason, to use words to convey our ideas and to distinguish the just from the unjust, the good from the evil, (3) it resembles the 「Dao」 in Chinese (「a road」, 「word」, 「account」, 「to reason」, 「the way of nature」, 「the rule governing everything」) in many senses.

May we wield Logos properly and eventually grasp the Logos.