It is not a world in which language can be understood as somehow or another a means of expressing thought.

在索绪尔眼中的世界，语言不能被理解为,表达思想的方式。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

And it's a worldview deeply rooted in the idea or respect for tradition; tradition and social control.

还是一个深深的,根植于传统思想,尊重传统的世界观,即传统和社会控制

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

We've talked a lot about the capacities of the human mind and some of these capacities involve adapting and dealing with the material world.

我们讲过人类思想的能力,这些能力中包括适应力,以及应付物质世界的能力。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Well, that's not the way it is with the modern world and that's not the way it comes out of the enlightenment, the individual is the ultimate.

这和现代世界的观点不同,和启蒙时期的思想成就不同,他们认为个人利益至上

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

There is something that one might be able to hold on to: the knob of something, the little flame of something that ; The grain of sand. -The grain of sand; but there is really not a decent metaphor for it, I think.

一个你可以依靠的支点：,一个不同寻常的想法，一个思想的小火花,就像一粒沙中看世界，-一粒沙中看世界;,不过我认为任何比喻都不够贴切。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

If that's right, then maybe the conclusion should be "Well, you know, yeah, the Cartesian thought experiment shows that there could be a world in which there are minds that are not identical to bodies.

如果事实如此,那么结论该是,怎么说呢,笛卡尔的思想实验表明,可能存在某个世界,其中存在着,不同于身体的心灵

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Margaret Mead, the anthropologist: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.

人类学家Margaret，Mead说：,“永远不要怀疑一小群，有思想，坚定的市民可以改变世界。

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