The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind, like that of the ancients.

  • -- George Santayana 乔治·桑塔亚纳

文艺复兴时期的思想不是朝圣者的思想,而是像古人一样,定居于城市的思想。

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We may affirm, then, that the main drift of the later Renaissance was away from a humanism that favored a free expansion toward a humanism that was in the highest degree disciplinary and selective.

我们可以肯定的是,文艺复兴后期的主要趋势是从人文主义转向人文主义,这种人文主义倾向于自由的扩展到最高程度的学科和选择性。

My mind is always racing, and always going and always working, and it's a gift and a curse.

我的大脑总是在不停地跑,不停地跑,不停地工作,这是一种恩赐,也是一种诅咒。

A man's mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a tower.

一个人的思想习惯告诉他的比七个坐在塔里的看守人还要多。