For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. His hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught.

  • -- Roger Bacon 培根

因为,如果一个从未见过火的人用令人满意的论据证明火是燃烧的。他的听众永远不会满足,除非他把手伸进火里,通过实验来学习论证所教的东西,否则他也不会避开火。

相关名言

To be a surrealist means barring from your mind all remembrance of what you have seen, and being always on the lookout for what has never been.

成为一名超现实主义者意味着把你所看到的一切都从你的脑海中抹去,并总是在寻找从未有过的东西。

The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt.

第一条箴言是,在我毫不怀疑地知道一件事是真实的之前,永远不要相信它。

You never realize how much you like someone until you watch them like someone else.

你永远不会意识到你有多喜欢一个人,直到你看到他们喜欢上另一个人。

An argument derived from the abuse of a thing does not hold good against its use.

由滥用某物而产生的论点,对其使用是站不住脚的。

I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error.

当我想到我的头脑是如此的脆弱和容易犯错误时,我确实感到惊讶。

Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.

只听一边,你就会陷入黑暗。两者都听,一切都会清楚。