Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

人类并不象通常所理解的那样独自生活在客观世界中,也不象通常所理解的那样独自生活在社会活动的世界中,而是在很大程度上受已成为其社会表达媒介的特定语言的支配。

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We would not be interested in human beings if we did not have the hope of someday meeting someone worse off than ourselves.

如果我们没有希望有一天遇到比我们更糟的人,我们就不会对人类感兴趣。

Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within.

伟大的艺术是解决外在世界和内在世界需求之间冲突的表现。

Treat each other like human beings? But the other great apes have no class hierarchy.

像对待人类一样对待彼此?但是其他类人猿没有等级结构。

Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.

给我一些狂野的表达吧,天哪,否则我会崩溃的。