Look now, and this is on the handout, at the letter that Milton had written to his friend, Charles Diodati.
现在看讲义上,弥尔顿写给朋友查尔斯·迪奥达蒂的信。
You know, so he's seen me work in a lot of different contexts, so he was able to write a letter that said,
所以,他知道我在不同的环境下是如何工作的,这样他在给我写推荐信时才会说出以下这番话。
Oh,well,we're in Laodicea. Let's say 'To the Laodiceans,' and we can act like Paul sent it just to us."
比如在老底嘉的人填上“致老底嘉教会“,它就成了保罗寄给老底嘉都会的信“
He said, my apologies for not answering your letter but my health is poor and--but it was a long letter.
他写道,非常抱歉没能及时回复,我身体欠佳,这是一封很长的信
Could Milton actually have believed that poetic success was in some way contingent on what it is that you do, or what it is you don't do, with your body?
他真的信,诗的成功是某种程度上取决于你对你的身体,做了什么或没做什么吗?
And it certainly looks as though if you don't believe in souls, you have to accept the body theory of personal identity.
而且很明显,如果你不信灵魂论,你就只能接受,人格同一性的肉体论了。
So, you can confirm that for yourself at home, but in fact, if I draw a straight line, this will actually be correct.
你要是不信回去自己验证一下,事实上我画成直线,是绝对正确的
When I was a young man," he said and this is written as he is very old.
当我还年轻时“,他说到,因为这信是在他年迈时所写。
One aspect of their language which maybe you've noticed in On the Road--it's not quite so pronounced in On the Road as it is elsewhere, certainly--in the letters that these figures write to each other.
他们语言的一个方面也许你们已经在《在路上》里注意到了,当然在《在路上》里表现的并不如在其他地方明显,比如在他们这些人相互写的信里,表现得就很明显。
Oh, and here's the--This is Yeats's letter.
这就是叶芝写的信。
But when their recommendations are so-so, when it's a judgment call, the subjects are significantly more likely to hire the white American than the African American.
但如果他们的推荐信不是很好,这时就需要主观判断,实验对象雇用白人的几率,就会远远高于黑人。
But when he crossed into Kentucky, he wrote this letter to his father.
但当他进入肯塔基州时,他在给父亲的信中这样写道
What the extential is called inauthentic, They can be misleading.
表达的话语不足为信,很容易误导人。
Now there's a political and business history to this because KFC, as large a company as it is, is owned by a larger parent company, believe it or not, called Yum Brands.
这是它的行政和商业历史,因为像肯德基这样庞大的公司,为一个更为庞大的母公司所有,信不信由你,这个母公司叫做百胜餐饮集团
Well, for the answer to that we have to go back to ancient Greek music theory, and when you read about this--it's really turgid stuff-- but believe it or not, I teach a course on this at the graduate level.
这个,要回答那个问题,恐怕要追溯到古希腊的音乐理论,每次读这些都会云山雾罩的,不管你信不信,我曾在研究生中开过这个课程
that will compensate for less stellar scores or letters of recommendation or whatever in other areas.
这也许能够弥补你在本科成绩,推荐信或其他方面的弱势。
Could you tell us about a person who wrote a recommendation letter for you?
你能给我们介绍一位给你写推荐信的人吗?
But even as black Baptist, I could have gone certain black Baptist and run out, because I must struggle against homophobia, and my profound love for gay brothers and lesbian sisters.
作为一个黑人浸信教徒,即使我去黑人浸信会,也会被赶走,因为我必须于恐同症作斗争,以及我对同性恋者们深深的爱。
And, believe it or not, I have students walk in and first thing a hand goes up and says do you have a pen? I cannot believe it.
不管信不信,我有些学生走进来,第一件事就举起手问,你有没有笔,难以置信。
when he has to write a letter of recommendation for me for a job.
当他要给我写求职推荐信的时候。
You know,when I was a kid growing up in Texas, one of our sayings was, "Let's make like a Baptist church and split."
当我小时候还在德州时,我们会听到一种说法,“我们像浸信会一样不和“
Now we can't neglect the first question here, which is at least for me: did Milton really believe this?
现在至少对我来说,我们不能忽略一个问题:,弥尔顿真的信这个吗?
Here's a copy of a letter to Pound by Yeats when they were both living in London.
这有一份叶芝写给庞德的信,他们当时都住在伦敦。
You can read them online, and I want you to read those in addition to reading the sections that I have indicated.
可以线上阅读,我希望你们在读我提到的那些部分以外,也去读读那些信。
Philosophy is not the same thing as simple disbelief or rejection but the two can be easily confused.
这就不同于单纯的,不信或拒绝,但两者很容易混淆。
Why don't we say the same $5 check is included but, in the letter, let's say something different?
同样是5美元股利的支票,但在信中,我们换种方式来说
In a letter in late 1861 from the front, "Will indeed settle the question, for some years at least, as to whether union or secession, the Constitution or rebellion, shall triumph.
在一封1861年年底来自前线的信中,"会解决问题,但至少需要数年,不管是联合还是独立,宪法抑或是起义,终将有一方胜利
And in some cases these people have strong recommendations.
如果候选人的推荐信都一样好时。
Believe it or not, technical expression.
信不信由你,他的术语是
And you had Shiloh Baptist when you were in Sacramento.
你在萨克拉门托的时候还有Shiloh浸信会。
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