Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason.

  • -- Immanuel Kant 康德

只有符合理性的东西才是神圣的。

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Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.

人被赋予了理性,拥有创造的能力,这样他就可以为他被赋予的东西做出贡献。但到目前为止,他还不是一个创造者,只是一个破坏者。森林不断消失,河流干涸,野生动物灭绝,气候被破坏,土地日益贫瘠和丑陋。

I think one reason we admire cats, those of us who do, is their proficiency in one-upmanship. They always seem to come out on top, no matter what they are doing - or pretend they do. Rarely do you see a cat discomfited. They have no conscience, and they never regret. Maybe we secretly envy them.

我认为我们崇拜猫的一个原因是,我们这些喜欢猫的人,他们擅长胜过别人。无论他们在做什么,或者假装他们在做什么,他们似乎总能获得成功。你很少看到一只猫狼狈不堪。他们没有良心,从不后悔。也许我们暗地里嫉妒他们。

For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim.

有一种啤酒,不掺水的时候味道很浓,但喝惯了的人都喜欢喝。他们看见大麦浮在其上,就拿著苇子,从盛酒的器皿里拿出来喝。

Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.

幸福:一种愉快的感觉,产生于思考他人的痛苦。