So what is this radical new idea that shaped a culture and enabled its survival into later antiquity and really right into the present day in some form?

到底什么观点造,造就了这种文化,并使犹太人在后来幸存下来呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

It could be, for instance, that language is such a good idea that every culture comes across it and develops it.

比如说,可能只是因为,语言是一个非常棒的创新,所有文化都接受了它,并且发展了它

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

But essentially the only reason there was any way that that was an effective approach was because people basically realize "Oh this is a good idea and we agree with that as a culture."

但是，归根结底，这种方式之所以,能够取得成功，是因为,人们意识到,“哦，这挺好的，我们的文化可以接受它“,“哦，这挺好的，我们的文化可以接受它“

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

I appreciate particularly the idea of human rights, because it is meant to get a round culture, and particularly a round religion, to find those common denominators, hopefully not the lowest denominator that's just ethical washout. It doesn't mean anything.

我尤其赞赏人权的观点，因为它是要构建一个全面的文化，尤其是一个全面完整的宗教，以此来寻求人类共通的地方，希望别是最低层次的共通点,否则只会是道德的失败，没有任何意义。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选