辩证唯物主义告诉我们,事物都是普遍联系的。由一种事物的经验想起另一种事物的经验,或由想起的一种事物的经验,又想起另一种事物的经验,叫做联想。古希腊的亚里士多德认为,一种观念的发生必然伴以另一种与它类似的、或相反的、或接近的观念的发生。这种在空间上或时间上的接近、对比和类似的观念的联系,被称为三大联想律:接近律、对比律和类似律。接近律:在时间或空间上接近的事物容易发生联想。例如:火柴与香烟、新疆与哈密瓜、桥与水、夏天与可 Dialectical materialism tells us that things are universal. The experience of one kind of thing reminds of the experience of another thing or the experience of one kind of thing that comes to mind, and the experience of another kind of thing is called association. Aristotle in ancient Greece believed that the occurrence of a concept must be accompanied by another similar or opposite or close concept. This connection of spatially or temporally approached, contrasted and similar notions is called the three major laws of association: the Laws of Proximity, Contrast, and the Like. Proximity Law: Things that are close in time or space are prone to association. For example: matches and cigarettes, Xinjiang and cantaloupe, bridges and water, summer and may