就对研究主体的进入研究来说，说哲学有个起点才有意义，而哲学本身却无所谓起点。

To speak of a beginning of philosophy has a meaning only in relation to a person who proposes to commence the study, and not in relation to the science as science.

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用力是成长的惟一途径，而哲学思考就是心灵努力认识自己、认识自己在世间万物之中位置的活动。

Strain, however, is the only way to growth, and philosophical thought is the mind straining to understand itself and its place in the scheme of things.

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“另一个问题，”他补充道，“就是我从来不能完全确信我的兴趣在哪里，而哲学能让你对任何事物产生兴趣。”

"The other thing, " he added, "was that I could never make up my mind what I was interested in, and philosophy enabled you to be interested in anything. "

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The Roman poet philosopher Juvenal said men need not so much be informed as reminded.

罗马哲学家尤维纳利斯说过,人们更需要记住，而不是被通知。

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The very presence in a theatrical piece of a long and weighty philosophical debate like this one could easily be seen as having a pretty tedious effect.

很容易看出这样一个戏剧般长篇,而有分量的哲学争论,有着令人厌倦的作用。

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In the best regime if we were to inhabit such political philosophy would be unnecessary or redundant. It would wither away.

如果我们身处最优政体之中,压根不需要政治哲学,其亦显得累赘，而会逐渐消逝。

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