Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it may begin, is sure to end in sadness. . . . This sadness lies at the heart of every merely positivist, agnostic, or naturalistic scheme of philosophy.

  • -- William James 威廉·詹姆斯

老年有最后一个词:对生活的纯粹自然主义的看法,无论它开始时多么热情,肯定会以悲伤告终……这种悲哀存在于每一个纯粹的实证主义、不可知论或自然主义哲学体系的核心。

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At the heart of every faith system is a bargain: on one side there is the comfort that comes from a narrative that suggests human life has cosmic significance, and on the other a duty to yield to moral commands that can, in the moment, seem rather inconvenient.

每一种信仰体系的核心都是一笔交易:一方面,从一段说明人类生活具有宇宙意义的叙述中获得的慰藉,另一方面,人们有责任服从道德命令,而在目前看来,道德命令可能相当不方便。

From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots.

从自然主义的观点来看,所有的人都是平等的。自然平等原则只有两个例外:天才和白痴。

It's bad writing, however naturalistic it's written, that's where you have to do your best acting.

这是糟糕的写作,不管它写得多么自然主义,这就是你必须做最好的表演的地方。

Strange thoughts brew in your heart when you spend too much time with old books.

当你花太多时间在旧书上时,奇怪的想法就会在你的心中酝酿。