Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind, which is independent of all experience in its origin, though constantly combined with experience in its exercise.

-- William Whewell 惠威尔

基本思想不是经验的结果，而是头脑的特定结构和活动的结果，这种结构和活动独立于一切经验的起源，尽管在实践中不断地与经验相结合。

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Only reason can convince us of those three fundamental truths without a recognition of which there can be no effective liberty: that what we believe is not necessarily true; that what we like is not necessarily good; and that all questions are open.

只有理性才能使我们相信这三个基本真理，而不承认这三个真理，就不可能有真正的自由:我们相信的不一定是真理;我们喜欢的不一定是好的;所有的问题都是开放的。

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The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.

我认为，书评的首要功能应该是让读者对这本书的内容和特点有所了解。

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I have no idea what I weigh. I don't even own a scale.

我不知道我的体重。我甚至没有秤。

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