Reason is a harmonising, controlling force rather than a creative one.

  • -- Bertrand Russell 罗素

理性是一种协调、控制的力量,而不是一种创造性的力量。

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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.

我大胆地追求知识,从不害怕遵循真理和理性,无论它们导致什么结果,并承担一切阻碍他们的权威。

We can escape the commonplace only by manipulating it, controlling it, thrusting it into our dreams or surrendering it to the free play of our subjectivity.

我们只有通过操纵它,控制它,把它塞进我们的梦中,或者让它屈服于我们主观的自由发挥,才能摆脱平庸。

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.

我能忍受蛮力,但蛮力的理智是相当难以忍受的。它的使用有些不公平。它打击的是智力。

I am in control at all times.

任何时候我都在掌控之中。