The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.

  • -- Irving Babbitt 白璧德

今天,人文学科需要抵御物理科学的侵蚀,就像它们曾经需要抵御神学的侵蚀一样。

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Just as Pollock used the drip to meld process and product, Richter 'found' and used the smudge and the blur to ravish the eye, creating works of psychic and physical power.

就像波洛克用水滴融合工艺和产品一样,里希特“发现”并使用污迹和模糊来吸引眼球,创造出精神和身体力量的作品。

We have altered the physical, chemical and biological properties of the planet on a geological scale. We have left no part of the globe untouched.

我们在地质尺度上改变了地球的物理、化学和生物特性。我们没有留下地球上任何一个地方没有被破坏过。

The function of Theology? The recitation of the incomprehensible by the unspeakable to pick the pockets of the unthinking.

神学的功能?无法言说的人背诵那些无法理解的东西,从而窃取那些没有思想的人的口袋。

I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false.

我认为那种认为科学和人文学科之间存在巨大鸿沟的看法是错误的。

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

也许这个世界是另一个星球的地狱。