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When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.

  • -- Walter Lippmann 沃尔特·利普曼

当哲学家们试图成为政治家时，他们通常就不再是哲学家了。

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I don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies.

我认为不应该允许不熟悉自己身体的政客掌权，因为这是我们的底线。我知道，如果他们仅仅对自己的身体负责，他们会做出完全不同的决定。

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The tendency of philosophers who know nothing of machinery is to talk of man as a mere mechanism, intending by this to imply that he is without purpose. This shows a lack of understanding of machines as well as of man.

对机械一无所知的哲学家倾向于把人仅仅看作一种机械，并以此暗示人是没有目的的。这表明我们对机器和人类都缺乏了解。

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Politicians make good company for a while just as children do - their self-enjoyment is contagious. But they soon exhaust their favourite subjects -themselves.

政客们和孩子们一样，在一段时间内是很好的伙伴——他们的自娱自乐是会传染的。但他们很快就耗尽了他们最喜欢的科目——他们自己。

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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.

狗和哲学家做的好事最多，得到的回报最少。

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