Philosophy should be an energy; it should have for effort and effect to ameliorate the condition of man.

哲学应是一种能量，它的努力方向应是有效地改善人类。

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If a man delights in his wife and children, has success in work, and finds pleasure in the alternation of day and night, spring and autumn, he will be happy whatever his philosophy may be.

如果一个人家庭和睦，事业有成，并且从昼夜交替和春秋轮回中也得获得快乐，那么不管他的人生哲学如何，他都会感到幸福。

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All forms of occult philosophy proclaim that the true or "real" self of man is synonymous with God.

各种形式的隐性哲学地说：真或“真正的”自我的人，就是上帝。

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Malthusianism is, indeed, the philosophy of the bug heap, of man as devouring swarm rather than ennobling angel.

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After spending a lot of time falling asleep at the library while facing the philosophy books, I determined that the concept of destiny is a construct that allows man a gentle release from facing the terror of his existence, and that a Hyundai full of twenties would pretty much offer the same benefits.

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He's framed the current presidential election as one between Romney - whom he sees as man with an Ayn Rand-like philosophy of personal responsibility to the point of divisiveness - and Obama, a Benjamin Disraeli-like candidate, whom Sullivan views as believing in the obligation of the coherence of the nation.

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