The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.

  • -- Aristotle 亚里士多德

因此,道德美德既不是自然产生的,也不是违反自然的。自然的确在我们心中为它们的接受做了准备,但它们的完全形成是习惯的产物。

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Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and the decay of morality. Fear leads them to ask, if we cannot trust the Bible, what can we trust?

原教旨主义者对家庭的明显解体、确定性的消失和道德的堕落感到恐慌。恐惧使他们问,如果我们不能相信圣经,我们能相信什么?

None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.

我们谁也不能夸耀祖先的道德。记录没有显示亚当和夏娃结过婚。