From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow them to learn.

  • -- Aldous Huxley 奥尔德斯·赫胥黎

从他们的经验或他人(历史)的记录经验中,人们只能学到他们的激情和形而上学的偏见允许他们学到的东西。

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The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice

要更有效地阻止真理的发现,不是因为眼前的假象,也不是因为推理能力的弱点,而是因为先入之见和偏见

Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do without any effort many things they would find too difficult to think through to the point of resolving to do them.

偏见可以说是人类的机械本能:通过他们的偏见,他们不费任何力气就做了许多事情,他们会发现很难想清楚,以至于决定去做这些事情。

All the dark, malevolent Passions of the Soul are roused and exerted; its mild and amiable affections are suppressed; and with them, virtuous Principles are laid prostrate.

灵魂中所有黑暗、邪恶的激情都被激发和发挥出来;它温和可亲的感情被压抑了;有了他们,高尚的原则就会被推翻。

Where passion is high, reason is low.

激情高涨的地方,理智就会低落。

Love is metaphysical gravity.

爱是形而上的重力。