It has not been for nothing that the word has remained man's principal toy and tool: without the meanings and values it sustains, all man's other tools would be worthless.

  • -- Lewis Mumford 刘易斯·芒福德

这个词一直是人类的主要玩具和工具,这并不是没有原因的:如果没有它所承载的意义和价值,人类所有的其他工具都将毫无价值。

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It is only through contact and comparison that the relative value or worthlessness of the various cultural elements can be clearly and critically seen and understood.

只有通过接触和比较,才能清楚地、批判性地看到和理解各种文化元素的相对价值或价值的无价值。

The purpose of life is a life with a purpose, so I'd rather die for a cause than live a life that is worthless.

生活的目的是有目的的生活,所以我宁愿为事业而死,也不愿过没有价值的生活。

Head knowledge is worthless, unless accompanied by submission of the will and right action.

头脑的知识是没有价值的,除非伴随着意志和正确的行动。