No further evidence is needed to show that 'mental illness' is not the name of a biological condition whose nature awaits to be elucidated, but is the name of a concept whose purpose is to obscure the obvious.

  • -- Thomas Szasz 托马斯·萨斯

不需要进一步的证据来证明“精神疾病”不是一种生物学条件的名称,其性质有待阐明,而是一种概念的名称,其目的是掩盖显而易见的事实。

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That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation.

任何国家的知识状况将对其所采用的一般教学制度产生直接影响,这是一项显而易见的原则,不需要进行调查。

Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something obscure poses no difficult, elephants and poodles find many things obscure.

谨慎地做出判断:模糊。大象和贵宾犬不难发现许多不为人知的东西。

It flourished with the Saracens, and suffered in the obscure and fanatical days of the Middle Ages.

它与撒拉逊人一起繁荣昌盛,并在中世纪默默无闻而狂热的日子里饱受折磨。

It's like our relationship is always about the other side that isn't the obvious side.

就好像我们的关系总是围绕着不那么明显的另一面。