We may affirm, then, that the main drift of the later Renaissance was away from a humanism that favored a free expansion toward a humanism that was in the highest degree disciplinary and selective.

  • -- Irving Babbitt 白璧德

我们可以肯定的是,文艺复兴后期的主要趋势是从人文主义转向人文主义,这种人文主义倾向于自由的扩展到最高程度的学科和选择性。

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If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.

如果那些致力于探索的人失败了,他们将被原谅。当他们迷路时,他们会找到另一条路。人文主义的道德使命是单独的努力,无论成功与否,只要努力是光荣的,失败是难忘的。

The Renaissance of the fifteenth century was, in many things, great rather by what it designed then by what it achieved.

在许多方面,十五世纪的文艺复兴之所以伟大,与其说是由于它所设计的,不如说是由于它所取得的成就。

I'm not an athiest. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.

我不是一个运动员。你怎么能不相信不存在的东西呢?这对我来说太复杂了。