For more than three thousand years men have quarreled concerning the formulas of their faith.

  • -- Felix Adler 费利克斯·阿德勒

三千多年来,人们一直在为他们信仰的模式而争论不休。

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The pursuit of pretty formulas and neat theorems can no doubt quickly degenerate into a silly vice, but so can the quest for austere generalities which are so very general indeed that they are incapable of application to any particular.

追求漂亮的公式和简洁的定理无疑会很快堕落为愚蠢的恶习,但追求严格的普遍性也会很快堕落为愚蠢的恶习,因为严格的普遍性是如此普遍,以至于它们无法适用于任何特定的情况。

They took their meals together; and it was remarked on such occasions, when the friendship of animals is put to a hard test, that they never quarrelled or disputed the possession of a favourite fruit with each other.

他们一起吃饭;在这种场合下,当动物的友谊受到严峻的考验时,人们就会说,他们从来没有因为拥有一种最喜爱的水果而争吵或争论过。

I realise that in this undertaking I place myself in a certain opposition to views widely held concerning the mathematical infinite and to opinions frequently defended on the nature of numbers.

我意识到,在这项事业中,我把自己置身于一种与广泛持有的有关数学无限大的观点和经常为数字的本质辩护的观点相反的立场。

Anyone who acquires more than the usual amount of knowledge concerning a subject is bound to leave it as his contribution to the knowledge of the world.

任何一个人,如果他在某一方面获得的知识超过了通常的水平,他就一定会把它作为他对世界知识的贡献而离开。

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?

吵架吗?废话;我们没有吵架。如果一个人有时不发火,做朋友有什么好处呢?

A bad peace is better than a good quarrel.

坏的和平胜过好的争吵。