Proper names are rigid designators.

  • -- Saul Kripke 克里普克

专有名词是严格的指示词。

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The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.

造物主认为不应该在额头上标记出那些有能力成为优秀将军的人。因此,我们首先要蒙住他们的眼睛,然后让他们以巨大的损失为代价来学习交易。

When drawings of the main buildings I have designed in the last five years are juxtaposed, the fact that they all involve the pursuit of certain configurations is obvious to anyone.

当我把过去五年设计的主要建筑的图纸放在一起时,每个人都清楚地看到,它们都涉及到对特定结构的追求。

To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself to the need.

设计是针对谁的呢?是针对最多的人呢?设计满足需要。

The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived.

杜松子酒和苦艾酒的完美结合是一种伟大而突然的荣耀;这是世界上最幸福的婚姻之一,也是寿命最短的婚姻之一。