Meaning is what essence becomes when it is divorced from the object of reference and wedded to the word.

  • -- Willard Van Orman Quine 威拉德·冯·奥曼·蒯因

意义是本质脱离了指称的对象而依附于词时所变成的东西。

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Most of what we take as being important is not material, whether it's music or feelings or love. They're things we can't really see or touch. They're not material, but they're vitally important to us.

我们认为重要的东西大多不是物质,无论是音乐、情感还是爱情。它们是我们看不见摸不着的东西。它们不是物质,但它们对我们至关重要。

Nature cannot be tricked or cheated. She will give up to you the object of your struggles only after you have paid her price.

大自然是不会被欺骗的。只有在你为她付出代价之后,她才会把你奋斗的目标交给你。

A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.

一个人可以通过问一个他无法回答的问题和尝试一个他无法完成的任务来实现他存在的目的。

I'm a boxer who believes that the object of the sport is to hit and not get hit.

我是一名拳击手,我相信这项运动的目的是击打而不是被击打。