No philosopher understands his predecessors until he has re-thought their thought in his own contemporary terms.

  • -- Peter Frederick Strawson 斯特劳森

没有一个哲学家能够理解他的前辈,除非他用他同时代的术语重新思考他们的思想。

相关名言

Maturity is not when we start speaking big things. It is when we start understanding small things..

成熟不是我们开始说大事的时候。这是我们开始理解小事情的时候。

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question.

无知的人在他们的理智受到质疑时最容易生气。