Genius means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

  • -- William James 威廉·詹姆斯

天才不过是一种以一种不习惯的方式去感知的能力。

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In seeking to avoid evil, [humanity] is responsible for bringing more evil into the world than organisms could ever do merely by exercising their digestive tracts. It is [our] ingenuity, rather than [our] animal nature, that has given [our] fellow creatures such a bitter earthly fate.

在寻求避免邪恶的过程中,(人类)有责任把更多的邪恶带到这个世界上,这比生物体仅仅通过锻炼消化道所能做的还要多。是(我们的)独创性,而不是(我们的)动物性,给了(我们的)同伴如此痛苦的尘世命运。

The desire to be rewarded for one's creativity does not justify depriving the world in general of all or part of that creativity.

想要因自己的创造力而获得回报的愿望,并不足以证明一般而言剥夺世界的全部或部分创造力是合理的。