Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.

  • -- Will Durant 威尔·杜兰特

文明始于秩序,在自由中成长,在混乱中消亡。

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I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos-especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom... Rather than starting inside, I start outside and reach the mental through the physical.

我对任何有关反抗、混乱、混乱的事情都感兴趣——尤其是那些似乎毫无意义的活动。在我看来,这似乎是通往自由的道路。我不是从内心开始,而是从外部开始,通过身体接触到精神。

We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about - farming replacing hunting.

我们必须种植海洋,并利用海洋作为农民而不是猎人来放牧动物。这就是文明的全部——农业取代狩猎。

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.

政治混乱与语言的衰落有关。一个人也许可以通过从语言的结尾开始带来一些改善。

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.

文明是建立在人们所需要的东西之上的,而不是建立在为他们提供的东西之上。