It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.

  • -- Aristotle 亚里士多德

只是,我们不仅应该感激那些我们可能同意其观点的人,而且应该感激那些表达了更肤浅观点的人;因为在我们面前发展思想的力量,这些人也有所贡献。

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Everyone goes to the same exhibitions and the same parties, stays in the same handful of hotels, eats at the same no-star restaurants, and has almost the same opinions. I adore the art world, but this is copycat behavior in a sphere that prides itself on independent thinking.

每个人都参加同样的展览,参加同样的派对,住同样的几家酒店,在同样的无星级餐厅吃饭,并且有着几乎相同的观点。我热爱艺术世界,但这是一个以独立思考为荣的领域里的模仿行为。

Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are in opposition to human rights, are nothing but dead letters.

书籍和意见,不管它们来自何方,如果它们反对人权,就只是一纸空文。

Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative.

你对正在发生的事情的了解只能是肤浅的和相对的。