Having refuted, then, as well as we could, every notion which might suggest that we were to think of God as in any degree corporeal, we go on to say that, according to strict truth, God is incomprehensible, and incapable of being measured.

  • -- Origen 奥利根

因此,我们尽我们所能地驳斥了一切可能表明我们认为上帝在某种程度上是有形的概念,然后我们又说,根据严格的真理,上帝是不可理解的,是不能被衡量的。

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This is very similar to astronomy where different magnitudes are assigned to the brightness of an astronomical object, depending on the range of wavelengths being measured.

这与天文学非常相似,天文学根据测量到的波长范围,为天体的亮度分配不同的亮度。

That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.

诗歌就是这样:当你无法理解它时,它显得深奥;当你理解它时,它只是荒谬。

The world of scholarship is much more measured in its appreciation and also its criticism than the world of popular literature.

与通俗文学相比,学术界在欣赏和批评方面的尺度要大得多。

Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.

解释使我们从惊讶中分离出来,而惊讶是通向不可理解事物的唯一途径。