Parenthood is not an object of appetite or even desire. It is an object of will. There is no appetite for parenthood; there is only a purpose or intention of parenthood.

  • -- Robin George Collingwood 科林伍德

为人父母不是欲望甚至欲望的对象。它是意志的对象。没有为人父母的欲望;为人父母只有一个目的或意图。

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To the totality of purposes of the perfect Law there belong the abandonment, depreciation, and restraint of desires in so far as possible.

在完善的法律的全部目的中,有尽可能地放弃、贬低和抑制欲望。

No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations.

毫无疑问,团结是人们所渴望的,是人们为之奋斗的,但它不可能仅仅通过宣言就能实现。

Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.

为某件事工作,不仅因为它有成功的机会,还因为它是好的。

Our purpose is to educate as well as to entertain.

我们的目的是寓教于乐。