Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity.

  • -- Eugenio Montale 蒙塔莱

在当代文明幸福的黑暗背景下,即使是艺术也趋向于交融,失去了自己的身份。

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There's no such thing as the contemporary novel. Before I seem the complete reactionary, let me add that I've happily joined in many discussions about 'the contemporary novel' where what that usually, unproblematically means is novels that have appeared recently or may appear soon.

当代小说是不存在的。在我显得完全反动之前,让我补充一句,我很高兴地参加了许多关于“当代小说”的讨论,在这些讨论中,通常毫无疑问的意思是最近或即将出版的小说。

No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and the national elements in our culture, even when they were ignored, always provided an unconscious driving force of passion and aggressive self-assertion.

毫无疑问,西方文明在过去充满了战争和革命,而我们文化中的民族元素,即使被忽视,也总是提供了一种无意识的动力,激情和侵略性的自我主张。

From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization.

从第一天到今天,纯粹的贪婪是文明的驱动力。

Contemporary thinkers would say that man is continuously transcending himself.

当代思想家会说,人在不断地超越自己。