This being so, it follows that mythology ought not to take the prominent place that is too often assigned to it in the scientific study of ancient faiths.

  • -- William Robertson Smith 威廉·罗伯逊·史密斯

既然如此,神话就不应该在古代信仰的科学研究中占据如此重要的地位。

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Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama; fathers and sons, martyred heroes, star-crossed lovers, the deaths of kings - stories that taught us of the danger of hubris and the primacy of humility.

古代社会有拟人化的神:一个巨大的万神殿扩展到几个世纪的王朝戏剧;父亲和儿子,殉难的英雄,不幸的恋人,国王的死亡——这些故事告诉我们傲慢的危险和谦逊的首要地位。

While the Environmental Genome Project does not seek to assign allele frequencies, we are aware of the importance of accurate allele frequency estimates for future epidemiologic studies and the large sample sizes such estimates will require.

虽然环境基因组计划不寻求分配等位基因频率,但我们意识到准确估计等位基因频率对未来流行病学研究的重要性,以及这种估计所需的大样本数量。

Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth.

知识是古老的错误,反映了它的年轻。

Produce great men, the rest follows.

产生伟大的人物,其余的就跟着产生。

Culture follows power.

文化的力量。