love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.

  • -- George Santayana 乔治·桑塔亚纳

爱情使我们成为诗人,死亡的来临使我们成为哲学家。

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With a philosophy education, one can infuriate his peers, intimidate his date, think of obscure, unreliable ways to make money, and never regret a thing.

有了哲学教育,一个人可以激怒他的同伴,恐吓他的约会对象,想出模糊的、不可靠的赚钱方法,而且永远不会后悔。

The stronger a culture, the less it fears the radical fringe. The more paranoid and precarious a culture, the less tolerance it offers.

一个文化越强大,它就越不惧怕激进的边缘。一种文化越是偏执和不稳定,它提供的宽容就越少。