To put untrammeled reasons and individual freedom at the center of a civilization is to live with the conflict, the turmoil, the instability, and the uncertainty that these things create.

把自由理性和个人自由置于,文明的中心就会伴随着冲突与矛盾,混乱和不安定,以及一些其他的不良影响

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If I asked you what magazines you read, it turns out people who are right wing read right wing magazines, people who are left wing read left wing magazines, because people don't as a rule enjoy getting information that disconfirms what they believe in.

如果我问你们，你们看什么杂志，我会发现右翼的会看右翼的杂志，左翼的会看左翼的杂志，因为一般来说，人不喜欢接收到,与他们信奉的相矛盾的信息。

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