Without a notion of the transcendental, human beings would, indeed, be animals; however, only fools can be convinced of it, and only degenerates need such a conviction.

  • -- Franz Grillparzer 格里巴尔泽

如果没有超验的概念,人类就会变成动物;然而,只有傻瓜才会相信它,只有堕落的人才需要这样的信念。

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For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence.

对于没有批判性思维的人来说,国家是一个虚构的实体;对于那些批判性思维的人来说,国家是一个理性的虚构,是人类为了促进人类共存而创造的。

But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because of the media and the speed with which people travel the planet.

但今天,由于媒体和人们在地球上旅行的速度,我们很快就意识到对人类经历的其他解读。

The notion of looking on at life has always been hateful to me. What am I if I am not a participant? In order to be, I must participate.

对我来说,看待生活的观念一直是可憎的。如果我不是参与者,我是什么?为了生存,我必须参与。

Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought to and I had no clear notion of the money to be made in it.

作为一份全职工作,我并没有花太多心思去唱歌,我也不清楚这份工作能赚多少钱。

Because animals are property, we consider as "humane treatment" that we would regard as torture if it were inflicted on humans.

因为动物是财产,我们认为这是一种“人道的对待”,如果动物被强加于人类,我们会认为这是一种折磨。

Animals in the wild are lean, and I think we should be too.

野生动物很瘦,我认为我们也应该瘦。