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We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The shepherds play with the fragments that pop up to the surface, having no notion of the beautiful structures of which they were once a part.

  • -- Allan Bloom 布鲁姆

我们就像无知的牧羊人，生活在曾经繁荣过伟大文明的地方。牧羊人玩弄着浮出水面的碎片，对它们曾经是其中一部分的美丽结构一无所知。

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There is as yet no civilized society, but only a society in the process of becoming civilized. There is as yet no civilized nation, but only nations in the process of becoming civilized. From this standpoint, we can now speak of a collective task of humankind. The task of humanity is to build a genuine civilization.

世界上还没有文明的社会，只有正在走向文明的社会。世界上还没有文明的民族，只有正在走向文明的民族。从这一观点出发，我们现在可以谈谈人类的一项集体任务。人类的任务是建设真正的文明。

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The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.

对文明来说，最好的保障是住所，而人类的进步，最重要的是取决于适当的布置和成为住所。

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