How did that change happened, was that always there, were you always looking at how did this thought affect the way we actually live our lives?

这种转变是怎样发生的？,这种转变一直存在吗？还是说您总是在思考,这种思想是怎样影响我们的,生活方式？

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

We have the thought that these things are eternal, and indeed, beyond change, in contrast to the empirical world.

我们认为这些事物是永恒的,而且,与现实的世界相比,它超越了变化

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

That didn't happen to me -- once I got into the lab, I didn't want to leave. So, I thought, "You know what, I think I'll change the medical school plans and now I'm going to go all the way -- chemistry major, chemistry grad school."

这很好，但我不是这样，我一进入到实验室就不想离开了，所以我想“你知道吗,我想把我学习医学的计划改成化学-,我要学化学专业，读化学研究生“

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

The banks weren't willing to lend more than five years because they didn't trust you; they thought things would change and whatever.

银行不愿批准期限超过五年的贷款,因为他们不相信你,他们认为世事难料

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

It doesn't change from the day you were born to the day you die-- or so they thought.

从出生到死亡时都不会改变-,或者说他们这样认为。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

This was thought by many to be a positive change but in game rich environments where there was a lot of meat available, people could actually get many more calories per hour-- that is secure more food that would help fend off starvation compared to what they could get for people cultivating food.

很多人都认为这是一个积极的改变,然而 在那些富饶地区,获取肉类轻而易举,同样时间内,人类可以获取更多能量,相对那些靠种植获取食物的人类来说,这些地区有足够多的食物来抵御饥荒

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

And another philosopher, Descartes, in thinking about God's omnipotence, thought that it wouldn't be good enough if God as omnipotent couldn't change the facts of mathematics.

另一个哲学家，笛卡尔在思考上帝万能的时候觉得，如果万能的上帝无法改变数学,那么便不能称为万能。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And when we put together the class, this is precisely what we thought about: how you affect change and those people whom you change will hopefully influence others and so on and so on.

我们在组织课堂时，心中就有这个想法：,你如何影响改变，那些被你改变的人,希望能进一步影响其他人等等。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

A bold claim would say, "The facts about death, if I thought about them, would change my behavior, but not because it would give me a reason to change my behavior-- " simply because it would influence my behavior."

一个大胆的观点会认为，“关于死亡的事实，如果我考虑了它们，就会改变我的行为，但不是因为它给了我改变行为的理由-,只是因为它影响了我的行为“

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选