History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.

  • -- E. L. Doctorow 达特罗

历史就是现在。这就是为什么每一代人都在重新书写。但大多数人认为的历史是它的最终产物,神话。

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Postmodernists believe that truth is myth, and myth, truth. This equation has its roots in pop psychology. The same people also believe that emotions are a form of reality. There used to be another name for this state of mind. It used to be called psychosis.

后现代主义者认为真理是神话,神话是真理。这个等式起源于流行心理学。同样的人也相信情感是现实的一种形式。过去这种心态有另一个名字。它曾经被称为精神病。

Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.

神话是一种试图叙述整个人类经历的企图,其目的太深,太深入血液和灵魂,无法用精神来解释或描述。