But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny.

  • -- Paul Ricoeur 保罗·利科

但神话不是对世界、历史和命运的解释。

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Myth expresses in terms of the world - that is, of the other world or the second world - the understanding that man has of himself in relation to the foundation and the limit of his existence.

神话从世界的角度,即从另一个世界或第二世界的角度,表达了人对自身与自身存在的基础和限度之间的关系的认识。

Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.

女孩比男人有一个不公平的优势:如果她们不能通过聪明得到她们想要的,她们可以通过愚蠢得到。

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。

Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

人们相信的神话往往会变成事实。