Empirical interest will be in the facts so far as they are relevant to the solution of these problems.

  • -- Talcott Parsons 帕森斯

只要这些事实与这些问题的解决有关,经验主义的兴趣就在于这些事实。

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It should seem, then, that the nature of society dictates another, a higher branch, whose superiority arises from its being the interested and natural conservator of the universal interest.

因此,社会的性质似乎决定了另一个更高的分支,它的优越性来自于它是对普遍利益感兴趣的自然保护者。

We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest.

我们不需要成为制鞋工人来知道我们的鞋子是否合脚,同样,我们也不需要成为专业人士来获得普遍感兴趣的知识。

The importance of certain problems concerning the facts will be inherent in the structure of the system.

有关事实的某些问题的重要性将是本系统结构所固有的。

The secret to discovery is to never believe existing facts.

发现的秘密是永远不要相信现存的事实。