They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no more than private opinion.

  • -- Thomas Hobbes 托马斯·霍布斯

赞成个人意见的人,称之为意见;但那些不喜欢它的人,异端邪说;然而,异端不过是个人观点。

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Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.

很少有人能够平静地表达不同于社会环境偏见的观点。大多数人甚至无法形成这样的观点。

A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known.

从阿米巴变形虫到人类的过程在哲学家们看来是一个明显的进步,尽管阿米巴变形虫是否会同意这一观点还不清楚。

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.

当你发现自己的优点时,要坚定地赞同它。当你发现自己有邪恶时,把它当作可憎的东西来鄙视。

If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?

如果心所赞同的符合适当的模式,那么即使一个人的欲望很多,它们对良好的秩序又有什么害处呢?

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

一只黑猫横穿过你的道路意味着这只动物要去某个地方。

Progress, this great heresy of decay.

进步,这一伟大的腐朽异端。