It is evident that one cannot say anything demonstrable about the problem before having resolved these preliminary questions, and yet we hardly possess the necessary information to solve some of them.

  • -- Georges Cuvier 乔治·居维叶

显然,在解决这些初步问题之前,我们不能对这个问题说任何可以证明的话,然而我们几乎没有必要的资料来解决其中一些问题。

相关名言

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.

因为正如蝙蝠的眼睛对于白昼的光辉一样,我们灵魂中的理性对于自然界中最为明显的事物也是如此。

My friends are all really nice about my fame, they're just curious really, they ask lots of questions.

我的朋友们对我的名声都很好,他们只是很好奇,他们会问很多问题。

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.

我们认为这些真理是不言而喻的:人人生而平等。

My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.

作为一名咨询师,我最大的优点是无知和问几个问题。