The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers.

  • -- Bryan Edgar Magee 布莱恩·埃德加·马吉

真正的哲学背后的基本动力是对世界的好奇心,而不是对哲学家著作的兴趣。

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I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

在任何年龄,我都不能满足于坐在炉边而只是旁观。生活就是要活下去。必须保持好奇心。无论出于什么原因,一个人绝不能背弃生活。

My fate cannot be mastered; it can only be collaborated with and thereby, to some extent, directed. Nor am I the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger.

我的命运无法掌控;它只能与之合作,从而在某种程度上得到指导。我也不是自己灵魂的主宰;我只是它最吵闹的乘客。

Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.

如果闲暇和好奇心不被细微的模仿和费力的琐事所分散,它们可能很快就会在有用的知识方面取得巨大的进步。

No code of ethics and no effort are justifiable a priori in the face of the cruel mathematics that command our condition.

在我们所处的残酷数学环境面前,任何道德准则和努力都是不合理的。