But he wrote one of the most brilliant critiques of change, and what it can mean, any American ever wrote.

但他写了一部非常精彩的关于变革的评论,这是美国人所著同类作品中最出色的一部

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

I take it the claim basically is that, to put it in more familiar language it takes one to know one.

我把那个看做是个断言,基本上是为了,用更熟悉的语言来阐述,只有同类才最了解彼此

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

What's the point of this? Again, now that I can think about things recursively, I can similarly break things down into simpler versions of the same problem. It could be one version.

这些的意思是什么呢？再一次我想说,我既然能够以递归的方式思考了,那么我就可以简单地把问题,转化为更简单的同类问题。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Unfortunately, this thought, popular as it may be, that it takes one to know one, just seems false.

不幸的是,这样的想法,即同类者互知,可能很流行,但实际上是错误的

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

slightly other kind of language that Plato uses at various points, "Likes are known by likes."

一种稍微不同的说法是,柏拉图在多个观点中所用到的,同类互知

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选