Sherlock Holmes and Albert Einstein: The Link Between Genius and the Violin
- Discover the intriguing connection between Sherlock Holmes and Albert Einstein, two extraordinary thinkers who shared a passion for playing the violin.
- Playing the violin served as a solution for both Holmes and Einstein when they faced challenging problem-solving tasks, allowing them to tap into a different realm of thought.
- By engaging in music, Holmes and Einstein unlocked their subconscious minds and found innovative solutions to real-world problems, demonstrating the power of creativity and curiosity in driving genius.
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What do Sherlock Holmes and Albert Einstein have in common? Both were extraordinary thinkers, one a fictional genius, the other a real genius curious, original, and brilliant. And both were amateur violinists. The link between these aspects is significant. When either man got really stuck in his problem solving, he would turn to the same solution: playing the violin. ally is not atrish A typical scene in the detective novel finds Dr. Watson, the loyal assistant, walking up the stairs-knowing, from the wild violin sounds he hears, that the great Sherlock Holmes's powers to solve problems are being severely tested by the case he is working on. Holmes apparently trusted the process of logical deduction, but he trusted another process, too -the act of music making. The two processes worked together somehow, each helping the other in a way that the author of the stories hints at but doesn't attempt to define. Einstein also found a way to aid his thinking through violin playing. He may not have been an especially skilled violinist, but that is clearly not important. "Whenever he felt that he had come to the end of the road or into a difficult situation in his work," his elder son has said, "he would engage in music, and that would usually resolve all his difficulties." Musical forms, beauty, and patterns took both these geniuses' minds beyond conventional thinking into an advanced type of thought. In both relaxed their result-focused minds somehow, allowing their cases subconscious minds to guide them-and playing music provided this link between conscious and subconscious. In short, they solved real-world problems by losing themselves in music, specifically in the violin. I would guess that Einstein was not a cautious player, either. He attributed his scientific creativity directly to this quality of childlike curiosity.
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ご指名くださり、ありがとうございます。以下のとおりお答えします。 （むずかしいですが、面白い内容でした。） （訳文） ＞What do Sherlock Holmes and Albert Einstein have in common? Both were extraordinary thinkers, one a fictional genius, the other a real genius curious, original, and brilliant. And both were amateur violinists. The link between these aspects is significant. ⇒シャーロック・ホームズとアルバート・アインシュタインに共通することは何か？ 両者とも、大変な思想家であり、一人は架空の天才、もう一人は本物の天才で、好奇心旺盛、独創的、そして、光り輝く偉大な人物であった。また両者ともアマチュアのバイオリニストであった。この局面間の関連に重要な意味がある。 ＞When either man got really stuck in his problem solving, he would turn to the same solution: playing the violin. *ally is not atrish A typical scene in the detective novel finds Dr. Watson, the loyal assistant, walking up the stairs-knowing, from the wild violin sounds he hears, that the great Sherlock Holmes's powers to solve problems are being severely tested by the case he is working on. ⇒二人のうちのどちらかが、真に問題解決に行き詰まってしまうような場合、彼は相手と同じ解決策に向かったことであろう：バイオリンを弾くことである。（*４語分訳不能）探偵小説の典型的な場面では、聞こえてくる荒々しいバイオリンの音から、問題を解決するために偉大なシャーロック・ホームズが取り組んでいる事件によって彼の力量が厳しくテストされていることを知って―忠実な助手ワトソン博士が２階に上がってくるのが見られる。 ＊この ally is not atrish の部分は、前後に誤植・欠落があるものと推測されます。 ＞Holmes apparently trusted the process of logical deduction, but he trusted another process, too -the act of music making. The two processes worked together somehow, each helping the other in a way that the author of the stories hints at but doesn't attempt to define. ⇒ホームズが論理的推論のプロセスを信頼していたのは明らかだが、彼は別のプロセスも信頼していた―それは音楽制作の行為である。この2つのプロセスは、なぜか協同したのである。すなわち、それぞれが物語の作者（張本人）を暗示するけれども、同定することはしない方法で互いが助け合うのである。 ＞Einstein also found a way to aid his thinking through violin playing. He may not have been an especially skilled violinist, but that is clearly not important. "Whenever he felt that he had come to the end of the road or into a difficult situation in his work," his elder son has said, "he would engage in music, and that would usually resolve all his difficulties." ⇒アインシュタインもまた、バイオリン演奏を通して彼の思考の手助けとする方法を見つけた。彼は、特に熟練したバイオリニストではなかったかもしれないが、しかし、そのことが重要でないことは明らかだった。「彼が仕事の限界や困難な状況に遭遇したと感じたときはいつも、彼は音楽に関わるのでした、そして通常、そのことがすべての困難を解決するのでした」と彼の長男が語っている。 ＞Musical forms, beauty, and patterns took both these geniuses' minds beyond conventional thinking into an advanced type of thought. In both relaxed their result-focused minds somehow, allowing their cases subconscious minds to guide them-and playing music provided this link between conscious and subconscious. ⇒音楽の持つ形態、美しさ、および類型が、これら両天才の心を、従来の思考を超えた高度なタイプの思考へと進めさせてくれたのだ。どちらの場合も、彼らの結果集中の心を何らかの方法でリラックスさせ、潜在意識の心が彼らを導くことを可能にし、そして音楽を演奏することが意識と潜在意識の間のこのつながりを提供したのである。 ＞In short, they solved real-world problems by losing themselves in music, specifically in the violin. I would guess that Einstein was not a cautious player, either. He attributed his scientific creativity directly to this quality of childlike curiosity. ⇒一言で言えば、彼らは音楽に、特にバイオリンに（没頭して）自分自身を失うことによって現実世界の問題を解決した。アインシュタインとて慎重なプレイヤーではなかっただろう、と私は思う。彼は、彼の科学的創造性を直接に子供のような（夾雑物のない）好奇心のこの質に帰したのである。
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A typical scene in the detective novel finds Dr. Watson, a loyal assistant, walking up the stairsーknowing, from the wild violin sounds he hears, that the great Sherlock Holmes's powers to solve problems are being severely tasted by the case he is working on. Holmes apparently trusted the processes worked together somehow, each helping the other in a way that the author of the stories hints at but doesn't attempt to define. Einstein also found a way to aid his thinking through violin playing. He may not have been an especially skilled violinist, but that is clearly not important. “Whenever he left that he had come to the end of the road or into a difficult situation in his work,” his elder son has said, “he would engage in music, and that would usually resolve all his difficulties.” Musical forms, beauty, and patterns took both these geniuses’ minds beyond conventional thinking into an advanced type of thought. In both cases their result-focused minds relaxed somehow, allowing their subconscious minds to guide themーand playing music provided this link between conscious and subconscious. In short, they solved real-world problems by losing themselves in music, specifically in the violin. I would guess that Einstein wasn't a cautious player, either. He attributed his scientific creativity directly to this quality of childlike curiosity. Einstein often said that his most famous theory was also inspired by music, its forms and relationships. It seems that certain physical actions stimulate the brain, create connections, and speed up thought. We have all had the experience of being literally unable to sit still when we are trying to resolve something in our minds. We pace up and down or shake a leg, almost as if such involuntary motions were needed to move our thoughts forward. Sometimes the mind-body relationship works a bit differently: while taking a long walk or rowing a boat across the lake, just letting our thoughts drift, we suddenly receive from the subconscious, without effort, the solution to a problem that had been troubling us for weeks. I personally know that playing the piano has this effect; maybe it has something to do with both sides of the brain being stimulated by the independent movements of both hands In any case, I have to keep a notebook handy while practicing, because I tend to get the answers to all kinds of questions ranging from the insignificant (where I left the car keys) to the significant (my life goal for the next decade). This mind-body unity is only one of the rewards to be found in making music, at any level, as an adult. Ironically, far too many adults who study music under the general category of “amateurs” are so modest in their expectations of mastering an instrument that these rewards turn out to be much less than what they might have been. The paradox is that adult music learners, while they often have the lowest expectations, are in a uniquely excellent position to succeed. Many take up an instrument with warmhearted desire, love of music, leisure time and extra money to support the lessons. Even more importantly, they approach music with more maturity and intelligence. But how much can adults learn if they are constantly comparing themselves negatively to others (children, no less) and feeling guilty about every unmusical wrong note? Add to this the mistaken notion of practice as boring discipline, acceptance of the traditional “no-mistakes” approach to learning, and uncertainly that they have any real talent for music, and they soon find themselves in a state of semi-paralysis of body and mind. Even the word amateur has conflicts of meaning. While it literally means “lover” in French, it can also carry the connotation of dabbler, a person who is somehow fated never to be very good. To describe someone's work as amateurish usually isn't a compliment. But amateur states can be joyousーembracing free choice, pure love of what one is doing, and endless possibilities for discovery.
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お願いします (17) Augustus Caesar, now the emperor of Rome, worked to reorganize the government and military. His greatest accomplishment was the creation of a system of government that lasted in Rome for five centuries: the Roman Empire. (18) Augustus created Rome's first police and fire brigade. He created a network of roads that connected the major cities of the empire, linking them all to Rome. He changed the way finance were handled and issued new gold and silver coins. He gave free food to the poor. He built the Forum of Augustus and decorated it with statues of his ancestors. He beautified the city and boasted of this accomplishment: “I found a city made of brick and left it a city of marble.” Augustus also sponsored artists and poets like Horace and Virgil, whose works glorified Rome─and, of course, himself. (19) Throughout his reign, Augustus never forgot that his great-uncle had been killed by jealous enemies who feared his power and popularity. Augustus pretended that his powers were all voluntarily given. He allowed freedom of speech and encouraged people to give him advice. But he was clever. He knew how to use power without seeming to seek or even treasure it. During his rule, magistrates were still elected to govern Rome. By sharing power with the magistrates, Augustus kept people from worrying that he was governing Rome alone. In fact, the soldiers were loyal to him and him alone─he paid their salaries and his treasury would pay their pensions. (20) The emperor's authority was so great that everyone left all the major decisions to him. But he was also very careful. Augustus kept a force of 4,500 soldiers to defend him. These soldiers, later called the Praetorian Guard, protected all of Italy. But some of them were always on hand to protect the emperor. To be on the safe side, the guards allowed only one senate at a time to approach the emperor, and they searched each man before he came close.
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