But when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one of the fundamental forces of existence, whose votary I was destined to be for life - namely, Beauty.

  • -- Georg Brandes 布兰德斯

但当我十二岁的时候,我第一次强烈地看到了存在的基本力量之一,它是我注定要终生追随的——那就是美。

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Only reason can convince us of those three fundamental truths without a recognition of which there can be no effective liberty: that what we believe is not necessarily true; that what we like is not necessarily good; and that all questions are open.

只有理性才能使我们相信这三个基本真理,而不承认这三个真理,就不可能有真正的自由:我们相信的不一定是真理;我们喜欢的不一定是好的;所有的问题都是开放的。

There is a fundamental situation in which the country has reached rock bottom, that a mother can't send her children out of the house in the morning. The country has reached rock bottom and this needs to be changed.

有一个基本的情况,这个国家已经到了最低点,一个母亲不能在早上把她的孩子送出门。这个国家已经跌到了谷底,这一点需要改变。

We have spoken of beings so low in the scale that the individuals throughout their whole existence are not sufficiently specialized to be distinctively plant or animal: yet these are definite life in simpler shape.

我们曾说过,生命的规模是如此之小,以致于个体在其整个存在过程中还没有足够的专门化到足以成为独特的植物或动物;然而,这些都是更简单形式的确定的生命。

I hate the way market forces try to separate us out in to the appropriate demographic - basically in order to sell us things. We need to find stories that we can enjoy together, not separately.

我讨厌市场力量试图把我们划分到合适的人群中——基本上是为了卖东西给我们。我们需要找到我们可以一起享受的故事,而不是分开。

Egalitarian policies are the best way to unite and empower people, and are also a necessary counterweight to the sometimes detrimental influence of market forces.

平等主义政策是团结和赋予人民权力的最佳方式,也是抵消市场力量有时有害影响的必要手段。

What is the value of your existence?

你存在的价值是什么?