When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says something that is not trivial then it is false.

  • -- Carl Friedrich Gauss 高斯

当一个哲学家说的是真的,那么它就是微不足道的。当他说一些不平凡的事情时,那就是错误的。

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A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties.

一件商品乍一看似乎是一件极其明显的小事。但它的分析表明,这是一件非常奇怪的事情,充满了形而上学的微妙之处和神学上的细微差别。

If we are surrounded by the trivial and the vicious, it is all too easy to make our peace with it.

如果我们被琐碎和邪恶所包围,我们很容易与之和平相处。

The philosopher ought never to try to avoid the duty of making up his mind.

哲学家不应该试图逃避下定决心的责任。

A philosopher's house is always more tuneful than a disciplinarian.

哲学家的家总是比纪律严明的人更和谐。