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“未经审视的生活是不值得过的。”
英语
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
— 柏拉图, Apology
“纯粹自然的状态……是一种人人对人人作战的状态。”
英语
“The condition of mere nature... is a condition of war of every man against every man.”
— 托马斯·霍布斯, The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 03 (of 11)
“人的生活是孤独、贫困、卑污、残忍而短促的。”
英语
“The life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”
— 托马斯·霍布斯, The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 03 (of 11)
“理性是,且只应是激情的奴隶,除了服务和服从激情之外,不能假装有任何其他职能。”
英语
“Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.”
— 大卫·休谟, A Treatise of Human Nature
“仅依据那条你同时愿意它成为普遍法则的准则行事。”
英语
“Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the same time will that it should become a universal law.”
— 伊曼努尔·康德, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
“Sapere aude!要有勇气运用你自己的理智!”
德语
“Sapere aude! Habe Mut, dich deines eigenen Verstandes zu bedienen!”
— 伊曼努尔·康德, Beantwortung der Frage Was ist Aufklärung
“这怎么可能!这位森林里的老圣人还不知道,上帝死了!”
英语
“Could it be possible! This old saint in the forest hath not yet heard of it, that GOD IS DEAD!”
— 尼采, Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
“在文明社会中,为了防止对他人的伤害,而违背其意志对任何成员行使权力的唯一目的,是正当的。”
英语
“The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.”
— 约翰·斯图尔特·密尔, On Liberty
“你为自己创造了我们,我们的心若不安息在你怀中,便不得安宁。”
英语
“Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee.”
— 奥古斯丁, The Confessions
“人天生是政治动物。”
英语
“Man is naturally a political animal.”
— 亚里士多德, Politics: A Treatise on Government
“人不是被事物本身所困扰,而是被他们对事物的看法所困扰。”
英语
“Men are disturbed not by the things which happen, but by the opinions about the things.”
— 爱比克泰德, A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion
“我思,故我在。”
法语
“Je pense, donc je suis.”
— 笛卡尔, Discours de la méthode
“我们称之为上帝或自然的永恒无限的存在,其作用遵循与它存在时相同的必然性。”
英语
“The eternal and infinite Being, which we call God or Nature, acts by the same necessity as that whereby it exists.”
— 巴鲁赫·斯宾诺莎, Ethics — Part 4
“我们的一切都是我们思想的结果:它以我们的思想为基础,由我们的思想构成。”
英语
“All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts.”
— 法句经, The Dhammapada
“仇恨永远不能止息仇恨:仇恨唯有通过爱才能止息,这是一条古老的法则。”
英语
“Hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule.”
— 法句经, The Dhammapada
“最好的报复是不要去效仿那个伤害你的人。”
英语
“The best revenge is not to copy him that wronged you.”
— 马可·奥勒留, The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
“精神永恒,无生无死,永不改变。”
英语
“Birthless and deathless and changeless remaineth the spirit for ever.”
— 薄伽梵歌, Bhagavad Gita (The Song Celestial)
“让他视理性为坐在他心灵宝座上的君主。”
英语
“Let him look upon reason as a monarch sitting on the throne of his heart.”
— 安萨里, Some religious and moral teachings of Al-Ghazzali Being brief extracts from his
“互助与相互斗争一样,都是动物生活的自然法则。”
英语
“Mutual aid is as much a law of animal life as mutual struggle.”
— 彼得·克鲁泡特金, Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution
“人口若无限制,将以几何比率增长。生活资料仅以算术比率增长。”
英语
“Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio. Subsistence increases only in an arithmetical ratio.”
— 托马斯·马尔萨斯, An Essay on the Principle of Population
“兵者,诡道也。”
英语
“All warfare is based on deception.”
— 孙子, Sun Tzŭ on the Art of War The Oldest Military Treatise in the World
“世界上最伟大的事,是一个人知道他属于他自己。”
英语
“The greatest thing in the world is for a man to know that he is his own.”
— 米歇尔·德·蒙田, Essays — Complete
“心有其理,而理性一无所知。”
英语
“The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know.”
— 帕斯卡, Pensées
“因此,智者会根据证据来衡量自己的信念。”
英语
“A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.”
— 大卫·休谟, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding