The whole philosophy of modern times is to dissolve distinctions between individuals and deal with them as large collections of people. It's essentially self-interested on the part of authority.

  • -- Tom Stoppard 汤姆·斯托帕德

现代哲学的全部目的是消除个人之间的差别,并把它们当作一大批人来处理。从本质上说,这是对权威的利己主义。

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You can have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power.

只要你不夺走别人的一切,你就能控制别人。但当你抢劫了一个人的一切,他就不在你的掌控之中了。

Thinking only begins at the point where we have come to know that Reason, glorified for centuries, is the most obstinate adversary of thinking.

只有当我们认识到,经过几个世纪的美化,理性才是思维最顽固的敌人时,我们才开始思考。

Memories are fallible and a timer can save a lot of hard work from going out of the window.

记忆是容易出错的,定时器可以避免很多繁重的工作。

I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.

我和教皇一样有权威,只是没有那么多人相信。

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

没有什么比一些哲学家没有说过的更荒谬的了。

I think I've paid my dues. I've really put in a lot of time on set.

我想我已经付出了代价。我在片场投入了很多时间。

God isn't really interested in our batting averages.

上帝对我们的击球率并不感兴趣。

I'm not interested in the limelight.

我对聚光灯不感兴趣。