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The tendency of philosophers who know nothing of machinery is to talk of man as a mere mechanism, intending by this to imply that he is without purpose. This shows a lack of understanding of machines as well as of man.

  • -- Arthur Young 亚瑟·扬

对机械一无所知的哲学家倾向于把人仅仅看作一种机械，并以此暗示人是没有目的的。这表明我们对机器和人类都缺乏了解。

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It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them.

哲学家们对幽默的关注之少总是让我感到惊讶，因为幽默是一种比理性更重要的思维过程。理性只能理清认知，但幽默的过程涉及到改变它们。

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A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known.

从阿米巴变形虫到人类的过程在哲学家们看来是一个明显的进步，尽管阿米巴变形虫是否会同意这一观点还不清楚。

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The proportions, too, in which the capital that is to support labour, and the capital that is invested in tools, machinery and buildings, may be variously combined.

支持劳动力的资本和投资于工具、机械和建筑的资本的比例也可以不同地组合起来。

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Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.

事实不能说明一切。他们支持或反对相互竞争的理论。脱离理论或幻想的事实只是孤立的奇闻异事。

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I do not give money for just mere hopes.

我不会仅仅为了希望而捐钱。

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