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When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect what is plainly false to common sense

  • -- Edward Abbey 爱德华·艾比

当哲学家的论证变得单调、复杂和晦涩时，这通常是一个迹象，表明他试图证明对理智来说是正确的，而对常识来说显然是错误的

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It is, from another angle, an attack on requiring proof in philosophy. And it's also the case, I guess, that my temperament is to like interesting, new, bold ideas, and to try and generate them.

从另一个角度来看，这是对哲学中需要证明的攻击。而且，我想，我的性格就是喜欢有趣的、新颖的、大胆的想法，并尝试着去创造它们。

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To make the argument that the media has a left- or right-wing, or a liberal or a conservative bias, is like asking if the problem with Al-Qaeda is do they use too much oil in their hummus.

要证明媒体有左派、右派、自由派或保守派的偏见，就像问基地组织的问题是否在于他们在鹰嘴豆泥中使用了太多的石油。

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Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.

每一种存在的事物都是无缘无故地诞生，因软弱而延长，因偶然而死亡。

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Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

争论是要避免的:它们总是粗俗的，而且往往令人信服。

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