Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them.

  • -- George Santayana 乔治·桑塔亚纳

在我们大多数人看来,经验似乎能得出结论,但经验主义发誓永远不会得出这些结论。

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Half the wrong conclusions at which mankind arrive are reached by the abuse of metaphors, and by mistaking general resemblance or imaginary similarity for real identity.

人类所得出的错误结论,有一半是由于滥用比喻,把普遍的相似或想象的相似误当成真实的同一性而得出的。

Even as empiricism is winning the mind, transcendentalism continues to win the heart.

即使经验主义正在赢得人心,超验主义仍在继续赢得人心。

Man is too quick at forming conclusions.

人类下结论太快了。