Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable.

  • -- Charles Baudelaire 查尔斯·波德莱尔

现代性是短暂的,稍纵即逝的,偶然的;它是艺术的一半,另一半是永恒的、不可改变的。

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Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected.

现代性是短暂的、瞬息万变的、偶然的,构成了艺术的一半,而另一半则是永恒的、不可改变的。这一瞬息万变、瞬息万变的因素决不能轻视或忽视。

A third ideal that has made its way in the modern world is reliance on reason, especially reason disciplined and enriched by modern science. An eternal basis of human intercommunication is reason.

第三个在现代世界中流行的理想是对理性的依赖,尤其是由现代科学训练和丰富的理性。人类交往的永恒基础是理性。

None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace.

没有任何抽象概念比永恒和平更接近于实现的乌托邦。

Modernity has replaced ethics with legalese, and the law can be gamed with a good lawyer.

现代社会已经用法律术语取代了道德规范,法律可以通过一个好的律师来驾驭。