There is no doubt: the study of man is just beginning, at the same time that his end is in sight.

  • -- Elias Canetti 伊莱亚斯卡内蒂

毫无疑问,对人类的研究才刚刚开始,与此同时,人类的末日也在望。

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The possibility of a scientific treatment of history means a wider experience, a greater maturity of practical reason, and finally a fuller realization of certain basic ideas regarding the nature of life and time.

科学对待历史的可能性意味着更广泛的经验,更成熟的实践理性,最终更充分地实现关于生命和时间本质的某些基本思想。

My habit of glorifying things far away in space and time, also contributed to my social isolation.

我喜欢赞美远在时空之外的事物,这也导致了我的社交孤立。

Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.

通货膨胀像强盗一样狂暴,像持械抢劫犯一样可怕,像杀手一样致命。

The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries with terror before being defeated.

对美的研究是一场决斗,在这场决斗中,艺术家在被打败之前,会因恐惧而哭泣。

It don't make much difference what you study, so long as you don't like it.

只要你不喜欢,你学什么没有多大区别。

The name of a man is a numbing blow from which he never recovers.

一个人的名字是一个麻木的打击,他永远无法从这个打击中恢复过来。