By what criterion... can we distinguish among the numberless effects, that are also causes, and among the causes that may, for aught we can know, be also effects, - how can we distinguish which are the means and which are the ends?

  • -- Chauncey Wright 他的学生赖特

的标准……我们能在无数的结果中加以区分吗?这些结果也是原因,而在我们所知道的原因中,也许也是结果,我们怎么能区分哪些是手段,哪些是目的呢?

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That means presenting the issues in certain ways that will appeal to those people and then becoming a prisoner of your own language and thought process. That has always happened - it's just been intensified.

这意味着以特定的方式提出问题,吸引那些人,然后成为你自己的语言和思维过程的囚徒。这种情况一直都在发生,只是变得更加严重了。

All sorts of artillery installations, rockets and tank units that are firing on civilians in Kosovo should be neutralized. If that means air strikes, then NATO should carry out air strikes.

在科索沃向平民开火的各种火炮、火箭和坦克部队都应该被消灭。如果这意味着空袭,那么北约应该进行空袭。

There is a criterion by which you can judge whether the thoughts you are thinking and the things you are doing are right for you. The criterion is: Have they brought you inner peace?

有一个标准,你可以通过它来判断你正在思考的想法和你正在做的事情是否适合你。标准是:他们给你带来内心的平静了吗?

He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none.

有一只眼的,是无眼人中的王子。

He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes.

他在学者中是浪子,在浪子中是学者。