"For example,when Thomas Henry Huxley first read The Origin of Species, his first thought , 'Well,' he said,of course, 'How extremely stupid not to have thought of that myself.

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It isn't necessary for you to grasp his occultism in order to read his poetry well.

但这不是必要的,没必要去理解他的系统,不理解系统也可以读他的诗。

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Well, one of the greatest philosophers I ever read was Aristotle and I think his Nicomachean Ethics, if you read it, makes a great deal of sense -where you live with this golden mean but at the end use your intellect.

我所了解的哲学家之一是,亚里士多德，我觉得他写的《尼各马克伦理学》,非常有意义，如果你读一读的话你就会发现这一点,-在读这本书时你与他的中庸之道同在,但最终你还需动用你的智慧。

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