Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.

  • -- Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci 达芬奇爵士

以权相争的,不是用自己的聪明;他只是在利用他的记忆。

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But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity of such or such an individual, I have no absolute faith in any person.

但我不承认有绝对可靠的权威,即使是在特殊问题上;因此,无论我如何尊重某个人的诚实和真诚,我对任何人都没有绝对的信心。

Notwithstanding this high Ecclesiastical authority, he who dared accept truth only because it could be proved, or proved to be good, and disregard authority, was commonly stigmatized as an infidel.

尽管有这种崇高的教会权威,那些只因为真理能被证明或证明是好的而敢于接受真理,而不顾权威的人,通常被污蔑为异教徒。

To make the argument that the media has a left- or right-wing, or a liberal or a conservative bias, is like asking if the problem with Al-Qaeda is do they use too much oil in their hummus.

要证明媒体有左派、右派、自由派或保守派的偏见,就像问基地组织的问题是否在于他们在鹰嘴豆泥中使用了太多的石油。

Pentagon dollars are essentially seen as a different kind of funding that doesn't have to stand for itself and make an argument for itself in the house of Congress.

五角大楼的资金本质上被看作是一种不同的资金,不需要在国会为自己辩护。