The system becomes more coherent as it is further extended. The elements which we require for explaining a new class of facts are already contained in our system. In false theories, the contrary is the case.

  • -- William Whewell 惠威尔

随着系统的进一步扩展,它变得更加连贯。我们解释一类新的事实所需要的要素已经包含在我们的系统中。在错误的理论中,情况恰恰相反。

相关名言

One of the problems is that everybody is used to the old-fashioned debate system, which is very controlled, and where the moderator plays a more active role.

其中一个问题是,每个人都习惯了老式的辩论系统,这是非常控制,主持人发挥更积极的作用。

My father is the jailhouse. My father is your system... I am only what you made me. I am only a reflection of you.

我父亲是监狱看守。我的父亲是你的体制…我只是你创造的我。我只是你的一个影子。

The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in the musical language.

口语形式实际上是对音乐语言中可能性的一种非常克制的表达。

The fact that something is in a rhymed form or in blank verse will not make it good poetry.

用押韵的形式或无韵诗写出来的东西不能成为好诗。