The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.

  • -- Bertrand Russell 罗素

对确定性的要求是人类的天性,但也是一种智力上的恶习。

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Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; and music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.

然而,无论激情是强烈的还是不强烈的,都不应该表达到引起反感的程度;而音乐,即使是在最恐怖的情况下,也不应该让人的耳朵感到痛苦,而应该让人感到悦耳动听,从而永远保持音乐的风格。

The kind of world I'm endlessly going on about is pretty well doomed, but nevertheless I think there are recesses of it worth celebrating.

我无休止地生活在这样一个世界里,注定是要失败的,但无论如何,我认为还是有值得庆祝的地方。

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.

根据我的形而上学,自由是一种智力主体的自我决定的力量。它意味着思考、选择和权力。

The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

当今世界上麻烦的根本原因是愚蠢的人自以为是,而聪明的人充满怀疑。

Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.

嫉妒源于怀疑。一旦我们从怀疑过渡到确定,它就会变成疯狂或完全停止。

Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.

知识产权的保质期和香蕉差不多。