It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.

  • -- Aristotle 亚里士多德

只是,我们不仅应该感激那些我们可能同意其观点的人,而且应该感激那些表达了更肤浅观点的人;因为在我们面前发展思想的力量,这些人也有所贡献。

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Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.

很少有人能够平静地表达不同于社会环境偏见的观点。大多数人甚至无法形成这样的观点。

The value of an opinion is only measured by its user. It's ironic that the value of a fact is only measured by its observer.

意见的价值只能由它的使用者来衡量。具有讽刺意味的是,事实的价值只能由观察者来衡量。

I am all right when I work. I am not superficial and I am not ungrateful.

我工作时很好。我不肤浅,我不忘恩负义。

Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative.

你对正在发生的事情的了解只能是肤浅的和相对的。