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If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all.

  • -- Bertrand Russell 罗素

如果有哪个哲学家被要求对无穷大下一个定义，他可能会说出一些难以理解的冗长乏味的话，但他肯定无法给出一个有任何意义的定义。

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The fact is, every thinker, every philosopher, the moment he is forced to abandon his one-sided intellectual occupation by practical necessity, immediately returns to the general point of view of mankind.

事实上，每一个思想家，每一个哲学家，当他因为实际的需要而被迫放弃他片面的知识工作的时候，就立即回到人类的一般观点上来。

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The real scientist is ready to bear privation and, if need be, starvation rather than let anyone dictate to him which direction his work must take.

真正的科学家愿意忍受贫困，如果需要，也愿意忍受饥饿，而不让任何人来指挥他的工作应该朝哪个方向走。

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The whole idea of a nuclear system is to have a deterrent where we decide if we're going to use it.

核系统的整个理念是要有一个威慑力量，在那里我们决定是否要使用它。

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The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

哥特式建筑的原则是无限的，这是可以想象的。

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What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible.

文化想要什么?使无限变得可理解。

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We are all special cases.

我们都是特例。

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