One should not increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.

  • -- William Of Ockham 奥卡姆的威廉

一个人不应该在必要的范围之外增加解释任何事情所需要的实体的数量。

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Hope founded upon a human being, a man-made philosophy or any institution is always misplaced... because these things are unreliable and fleeting.

建立在人类基础上的希望、人为的哲学或任何制度总是放错地方……因为这些事情不可靠,转瞬即逝。

Molecules dissolve and pass away, but consciousness survives the death of the matter on which it rides.

分子会溶解并消失,但是意识在它所依赖的物质死亡后仍然存在。