What is the meaning of the togetherness of the perceiving mind, in that peculiar modification of perceiving which makes it perceive not a star but a tree, and the tree itself, is a problem for philosophy.

  • -- Samuel Alexander 萨缪尔·亚力山大

感知心灵的统一性的意义是什么?在感知的特殊变化中,它不是感知一颗星星,而是一棵树,还有那棵树本身,这是哲学的一个问题。

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The cause of all our personal problems and nearly all the problems of the world can be summed up in a single sentence: Human life is very deep, and our modern dominant lifestyle is not.

我们所有的个人问题和世界上几乎所有的问题的原因都可以归结为一句话:人类的生活是非常深刻的,而我们现代主导的生活方式却不是。

As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life.

至于我,独自爱你,让你幸福,不做任何违背你意愿的事,这就是我的命运和我生命的意义。