There is a tendency to seek an objective account of everything before admitting its reality.

  • -- Thomas Nagel 托马斯·内格尔

有一种倾向是在承认一切事实之前先寻求对其客观的解释。

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Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.

幻觉把自己呈现在我们面前,因为它们能减轻我们的痛苦,让我们享受快乐。因此,我们必须毫无怨言地接受它,因为有时它们会与一些现实发生冲突,被撞得粉碎。

The reality is that no one can be forced to join a union against their will, and a union cannot take action against those who decide not to join their union.

现实是,任何人都不能违背自己的意愿被迫加入工会,工会也不能对那些决定不加入工会的人采取行动。