The essence of the Liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held: instead of being held dogmatically, they are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment.

  • -- Bertrand Russell 罗素

自由主义观点的本质不在于人们持有什么样的观点,而在于人们如何持有这些观点:人们不是武断地持有这些观点,而是试探性地持有这些观点,并意识到新的证据随时可能导致人们抛弃这些观点。

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The only part of the conduct of anyone for which he is amenable to society is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.

一个人的行为中,唯一能使他对社会顺从的部分,就是与他人有关的部分。就他自己而言,他的独立性是绝对的,是正确的。对他自己,对他自己的身体和思想,个人是至高无上的。

I am not so different in my history of abandonment from anyone else after all. We have all been split away from the earth, each other, ourselves.

在我被遗弃的历史上,我和其他人并没有什么不同。我们都已从地球上分离出来,彼此分离,也就是我们自己。

The concentration camp is the final expression of human separateness and its ultimate consequence. It is organized abandonment.

集中营是人类分裂的最终表现,也是人类分裂的最终结果。这是有组织的遗弃。

Conservatism is more candid to behold another's worth; reform more disposed to maintain and increase its own.

保守主义更能坦率地看到别人的价值;改革更倾向于保持和增加自己的影响力。

I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse.

我克服了忽视、剥夺、遗弃和虐待。

A good dancer is an educated one, so don't abandon school.

一个好的舞者是受过教育的,所以不要放弃学校。