The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, towards the human spirit, is to rouse, to startle it to a life of constant and eager observation.

  • -- Walter Horatio Pater 佩特

哲学,思辨文化,对人类精神的服务,就是唤醒它,使它受到惊吓,使它生活在不断的、热切的观察之中。

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Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to break the multitude to intellectual vassalage, not to establish over them a spiritual tyranny, but to rouse them from lethargy, and to aid them to judge for themselves.

伟大的思想使别人变得伟大。他们的优越性是要利用的,不是要把群众变成知识分子的附庸,不是要在他们之上建立一种精神上的专制,而是要把他们从昏睡中唤醒,帮助他们自己作出判断。

The speculative part of my work is that these particular cognitive tasks - ways of thinking analytically - are tied to nature's laws.

我工作的思辨部分是,这些特定的认知任务——分析性思维方式——与自然规律有关。

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

困难是用来振奋人心的,而不是用来打击士气的。人类的精神是通过冲突而变得强大。