Aristotle, over 2000 years ago, "Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, " the whole aim and end of human existence."

二千多年前的亚里斯多德，“快乐是人生的意义和目的，人类存在的最终目标“

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

And when you can write that down, for me, there is just tremendous sense of creativity and of purpose and meaning.

当你能把它写出来的时候，对我个人来说，会感到这种来自巨大的创造性,目的性，意义性的满足感。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

That is to say, the arts of interpretation are used for the purpose of discovering, uncovering, and arriving at meaning.

也就是，语言被用于,探索，发现，事物真正的含义。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

It's seeking to ascertain the meaning of events to draw larger philosophical, ideological conclusions from the events of history, and to point to the larger purpose or design of history, not to say just what happened, but to say why it happened and what it means for us today that it did happen.

它致力于查明事件的意义,得出哲学性的思想性的结论，从历史事件中，并且指出历史图景中的宏观目的，不说发生了什么，而阐明为什么它会发生,而它发生了对于今天的我们有何意义。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

You can adapt it for any sort of possible purpose, but the crucial thing is to keep the distinction between meaning and significance clear."

你可以为任何目的将其改编，但重要的是你必须,将意思和意义分清楚“

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选