He had this intellectual curiosity that defied the kind of orthodox religious skepticism about any kind of rational belief.

他的求知欲使得他藐视,传统宗教对于任何理性观点的怀疑

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but as long as you're at Yale, and you're interested, and you're motivated, you'll be fine.

但是只要你在耶鲁，有求知欲并且有动力，那么一切都会好的。

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And more importantly, we like people who have the desire and ability to learn quickly.

更重要的是，有求知欲，并且有快速学习的能力。

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He begins his Metaphysics, his great book the Metaphysics, : with the famous opening statement, " "All men have a desire to know."

他开始了其著作《形上学》,他伟大的著作《形上学》,书中的开头陈述即是，“所有人都有求知欲“

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I'm a very curious person naturally.

我是个很有求知欲的人。

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If we all have a desire to know, ? doesn't this connote something universal, that all should be free, that all should participate in ruling and being ruled as citizens of a city?

如果我们都有求知欲，这不就意味着一种普遍性吗，即所有的人都应是自由人，所有的公民应参与城市中的统治,与被统治的活动？

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Doesn't Aristotle call man the rational animal, the being with logos, suggesting that all human beings have a desire for knowledge and the desire to cultivate their minds and live as free persons.

亚里士多德不是称人类为理性的动物吗，具有，Logos，的生物，并暗示所有的人类,都有求知欲,且想要陶冶他的身心,并过自由的生活。

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