So as one reads the epic one senses this very deep ambivalence regarding the relative virtues and evils of civilized life and many of the features that make us human.

当人们读到这一段的时候，总是会对文明生活方式的利弊,产生一种很矛盾的感情,然而正是这些特性让人区别于动物。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

And I think through philosophy, we can think about those issues and values in a deep way that can help us and others to find the way in which we can make a difference to the world.

通过哲学，我们能够进一步思考一些问题和价值观,它们能够帮助我们和他人,找到一种方式,来改变世界。

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I want to make you a richer person, a broader person, by instilling you with an unending deep and abiding understanding of classical music, so that's part of this, and not just here for Yale but for your life after Yale.

我希望你们成为更有内涵的人,心胸更加宽广的人,通过循循善诱,让你们体会到古典音乐的博大精深,这是一点,并不只在耶鲁大学,还有你以后的人生道路

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