Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation.

  • -- Thomas Hobbes 托马斯·霍布斯

不相信力就等于不相信万有引力。

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Now to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk. Such rules and laws are deduced from the accomplished fact; they are the products of reflection.

现在,在照相之前先研究构图的规则,有点像在散步之前先研究万有引力定律。这些规则和规律是从既成事实中推导出来的;它们是反思的产物。

Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards.

因此,无论多么大的力,也无法把一根绳子,无论多么细的力,拉成一条准确笔直的水平线:总是会有向下弯曲的。

I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity.

我有一种理想主义的观点,认为科学是人类解放和进步的力量。

Gravitation is the lust of the cosmos.

万有引力是宇宙的欲望。