Every philosophical problem, when it is subjected to the necessary analysis and justification, is found either to be not really philosophical at all, or else to be, in the sense in which we are using the word, logical.

  • -- Bertrand Russell 罗素

每一个哲学问题,当它经过必要的分析和论证时,就会发现,要么不是真正的哲学问题,要么就是我们所说的逻辑问题。

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When I was very young I was sort of floored by the fact that my mother and my father and everyone I knew was going to die one day, and myself too. I had a sort of a philosophical crisis. I couldn't believe that we were mortal.

当我很小的时候,我的父母和我认识的每一个人都有一天会死去,我自己也一样,这让我有点震惊。我有一种哲学上的危机。我不敢相信我们会死。

But at the same time, the commonplace statement about them is true: every character is the hero of his own story. Each has a justification for his actions that is convincing to him. It's fun to give these people voices.

但与此同时,关于他们的老生常谈却是正确的:每个角色都是自己故事中的英雄。每个人对自己的行为都有令人信服的理由。给这些人发声很有趣。

If you want to study one of these strange organisms, you had better have a good justification. It's not good to study gene organisation in some obscure insect that no one's ever heard about.

如果你想研究这些奇怪的生物,你最好有一个很好的理由。在一些鲜为人知的昆虫身上研究基因结构是不好的,因为从来没有人听说过。

The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.

一个人的价值应该看他给予什么,而不是看他能得到什么。