When you're in the muck you can only see muck. If you somehow manage to float above it, you still see the muck but you see it from a different perspective. And you see other things too. That's the consolation of philosophy.
当你在粪堆里时，你只能看到粪堆。如果你设法浮在上面，你仍然能看到淤泥，但你从不同的角度看它。你还能看到其他东西。这就是哲学的慰藉。