Anyway, philosophers are not purely thinking machines but they are also human beings composed of reason, spiritedness, and appetite.

无论如何，哲学家并非只是思考机器,他们也是人类,拥有理性，意志与欲望。

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Simply to acquiesce in skepticism," Kant wrote, "can never suffice to overcome the restlessness of reason."

康德认为，简单地默许于怀疑论，永远无法平息内心渴望理性思考之不安“

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Because the building of ships was, to him, the application of rationality, of reason, thinking, and experimentation, this got him interested in the scientific revolution.

因为造船在他看来,是理性思想的应用,是推理,思考,实验的实际应用,这让他对科学革命有了兴趣

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People are bodies that can think, that can communicate, that are rational, that can plan, that can feel things, that can be creative, and so forth and so on.

人是可以思考,可以互相交流的肉体,他有理性,可以规划,可以感知,有创新等各种能力

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In other words, he no longer can think straight and so he will do something dangerous,harmful, and very ultimately bad for himself,and when he does whatever it is, he is struck by Nemesis,the goddess of retribution.

换句话说,他已经不能理性思考,他会对自己做出危险,有害,甚至及其恶劣的事,无论他做了什么坏事,最终会被惩戒女神尼弥西斯制裁

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And there are many people in sort of common sense who might think "Gee, if only I could just use my rationality, think reasonably and rationally and not let my emotions guide my behavior I'd be much better off."

有许多有常识的人,也许会想,要是我能用我的理性，合理思考,不让情感指导行为,我会做得更好“

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I would simply conclude by saying that the aim of this course is to awaken the restlessness of reason and to see where it might lead.

简而言之，这门课程旨在,唤醒你们永不停息的理性思考，探索路在何方。

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According to the physicalist view, a person is just a body that can do all of those things: can reflect, can be rational, can communicate, can make plans, can fall in love, can write poetry.

根据物理主义的观点,人是一个可以做以下事情的肉体,可以思考,可以理性,可以与人交流,可以制定计划,可以彼此相爱,可以写诗

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