It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.

当痛苦的人,胜过当快乐的猪;,当痛苦的苏格拉底胜过当快乐的傻瓜。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

It is to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge because if human beings obtain knowledge, they will be like the gods,and that is unacceptable.

食用智慧树的果实,如果人类得到智慧,将与诸神无二,这当然是不能接受的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Well you could stretch it and say that an example of engineering to improve human health is getting them from one place to another, but that would be more of a stretch than I'm going to make.

你只能勉强地说,这个工程学成果能通过把人们从一个地方,带到另一个地方来提高人的健康水平,我只能联想到这个程度

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选