Our civilization is still in a middle stage, scarcely beast, in that it is no longer wholly guided by instinct; scarcely human, in that it is not yet wholly guided by reason.

  • -- Theodore Dreiser 西奥多·德莱塞

我们的文明仍处于中间阶段,几乎可以说是禽兽,因为它不再完全受本能的支配;几乎没有人性,因为它还没有完全被理性所引导。

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Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished.

几千年来,许多文明都把婚姻定义为一男一女之间的结合。除了少数例外,那些没有跟随其后的文明都灭亡了。

My instinct as a philosopher is that we are effectively approaching a multicentric world, which means we need to ask new, and for the traditional left, unpleasant questions.

作为一名哲学家,我的直觉是,我们正在有效地接近一个多中心的世界,这意味着我们需要提出新的、传统的左翼的、令人不快的问题。

Low budgets force you to be more creative. Sometimes, with too much money, time and equipment, you can over-think. My way, you can use your gut instinct.

低预算迫使你更有创造力。有时候,有太多的钱、时间和设备,你会想太多。我的方法是,你可以利用你的直觉。

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

美好的生活是由爱所激励,由知识所引导。

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

我们几乎不能恨我们认识的任何人。

Speech is civilization itself.

语言本身就是文明。