This is the great object held out by this association; and the means of attaining it is illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of reason which will dispell the clouds of superstition and of prejudice.

  • -- Adam Weishaupt 维斯豪普特

这就是这个协会提出的伟大目标;达到这一目的的方法是光明,用理性的阳光照亮理智,它将驱散迷信和偏见的阴霾。

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I notice increasing reluctance on the part of marketing executives to use judgment; they are coming to rely too much on research, and they use it as a drunkard uses a lamp post for support, rather than for illumination.

我注意到,营销主管越来越不愿意使用判断;他们越来越依赖于研究,就像醉汉用灯柱支撑而不是照明一样。

For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.

因为正是相互信任,甚至比共同利益更能把人与人之间的关系维系在一起。我们的朋友很少对我们有益,但他们使我们感到安全。婚姻就是为了达到同样的目的。

I have a superstition about saying too much about what I want to happen, just in case it all disappears, or someone else comes along and beats me to it.

我有一种迷信,认为对于自己想要发生的事情说得太多,只是为了防止它全部消失,或者有人突然出现,把我打倒在地。

Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, accomplished.

每个人都有自己的迷信。当我开始去任何地方的时候,我的一个梦想总是实现了。

The first task of the association must therefore be to form the young members.

因此,协会的首要任务必须是形成年轻的成员。

Morality will perform all this; and Morality is the fruit of Illumination.

道德将完成这一切;道德是光明的果实。