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。

I never imagined it wouldn't work out for me. I had that absolute certainty in myself that has seen me through, I think, and my parents were absolutely behind me all the way.

我从来没想过我不会成功。我对自己有绝对的信心,我想,正是这种信心帮助我度过了难关,而我的父母一直在我身后支持着我。

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。

Without a common loyalty to either a state or a church they have nevertheless a vast deal in common.

虽然他们对国家或教会没有共同的忠诚,但他们却有许多共同之处。

What passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error.

被认为是乐观的,往往是一个智力上的错误。