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形而上学
Metaphysics
Metaphysics is a science.
形而上学是一门科学。
I teach metaphysics and pastor a church.
我教玄学，给教堂当牧师。
Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.
两个一半的哲学家可能永远不会成为一个完整的形而上学家。
You can take away a man's gods, but only to give him others in return.
你可以拿走一个人的神，但只能给他 别人的回报。
It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
我们关心形而上学的科学性是正确的。
Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
形而上学是一片没有海岸和灯塔的黑暗海洋，散布着许多哲学的残骸。
The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
世界是由非常不同的人物所统治的，而不是由那些不在幕后的人所想象的那样。
Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.
根据我的形而上学，自由是一种智力主体的自我决定的力量。它意味着思考、选择和权力。
To regard the imagination as metaphysics is to think of it as part of life, and to think of it as part of life is to realize the extent of artifice. We live in the mind.
把想象看成形而上学，就是把想象看成生活的一部分，把想象看成生活的一部分，就是认识到技巧的程度。我们活在思想里。
The verbal interpretation, on the other hand, i.e. the metaphysics of quantum physics, is on far less solid ground. In fact, in more than forty years physicists have not been able to provide a clear metaphysical model.
另一方面，口头解释，即量子物理学的形而上学，则没有那么坚实的基础。事实上，四十多年来，物理学家们一直未能提供一个清晰的形而上学模型。