What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.

  • -- Bertrand Russell 罗素

我们需要的不是去相信的意愿,而是去发现的意愿,而这恰恰相反。

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For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite fault, to speak as he writes; for this gives a pedantic effect to what he says, and at the same time makes him hardly intelligible.

一个作家边写边写,就像他犯了相反的错误一样,应该受到谴责;因为这给他所说的话带来了一种迂腐的效果,同时也使他的话难以理解。

It is like a voyage of discovery into unknown lands, seeking not for new territory but for new knowledge. It should appeal to those with a good sense of adventure.

这就像一趟探索未知土地的旅程,寻找的不是新的领域,而是新的知识。它应该吸引那些具有冒险精神的人。

There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.

有琐碎的真理,也有伟大的真理。琐碎真理的对立面显然是错误的。伟大真理的反面也是正确的。

Writing is an incessant process of discovery.

写作是一个不断发现的过程。