Medical training taught me the art of breaking down the complex maze of stories, symbols and rituals into clear systems. You could say that it helped me figure out the anatomy and physiology of mythology and its relevance in a society more incisively. How is it that no society can, or does, exist without them?

  • -- Devdutt Pattanaik 德夫杜特·帕塔纳伊克

医学训练教会我如何将错综复杂的故事、符号和仪式分解成清晰的体系。可以说,它帮助我更深刻地理解了神话的解剖学和生理学,以及它在社会中的相关性。没有他们,社会怎么可能存在?

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I'd be interested to read Gull's paper on it, and I wish Alan would put it in somewhere. It gives him a relevance to our times, which he doesn't otherwise have. Gull, I mean, not Alan.

我很有兴趣读一下海鸥关于它的论文,我希望艾伦能把它放在某个地方。这让他与我们的时代息息相关,否则他就不会有。海鸥,我是说,不是艾伦。

For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.

因为神话是文学的使女;而文学是美德和幸福的最好盟友之一。

Transnational, gigantic industrial companies no longer operate within political systems, but rather above them.

跨国的大型工业公司不再在政治体系内运作,而是在政治体系之上运作。

Never question the relevance of truth, but always question the truth of relevance.

永远不要质疑真理的相关性,但永远要质疑相关性的真实性。

Mythology is a subjective truth. Every culture imagines life a certain way.

神话是一种主观的真理。每种文化都以某种方式想象生活。

Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves.

数据是一件宝贵的东西,比系统本身持续的时间更长。