There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale.

  • -- Ralph Ellison 埃利森

一定存在这样一种可能:把社会学和案例史留给科学家们,让他们用童话中所有的光明魔力,在此时此地,了解人类状况的真相。

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There are a few dogmas and double standards and really regrettable exports from philosophy that have confounded the thinking of scientists on the subject of morality.

有一些教条和双重标准,以及哲学中令人遗憾的输出,混淆了科学家对道德问题的思考。

Sociology seems to have missed every intellectually promising boat in the last half century.

在过去的半个世纪里,社会学似乎错过了每一条在学术上有前途的船。

I wasn't a great student; I was lazy. But when I was in sociology class, I listened.

我不是一个好学生;我很懒。但是当我在上社会学课时,我听。

I don't have a big thing about leaving my mark or being historic.

我对留下自己的印记或具有历史意义没什么大不了的。

Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity.

科学家们正在窥视永恒的钥匙孔。

Get it out of your historic head.

把它从你的历史头脑中抹去。