The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
大卫·休谟
西方哲学历史中最重要的人物之一

大卫·休谟(David Hume,公元1711年4月26日—公元1776年8月25日),苏格兰不可知论哲学家、经济学家、历史学家,被视为是苏格兰启蒙运动以及西方哲学历史中最重要的人物之一。

劳动分工在尽可能程度上引入,在每一门艺术中都会导致劳动生产力的相应增加。

The division of labour, so far as it can be introduced, occasions, in every art, a proportionable increase of the productive powers of labour.

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同行很少聚在一起,即使是为了娱乐,谈话最终都会以反对公众的阴谋或提高价格的某种策划而结束。

People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.

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要将一个国家从最低级的野蛮状态带到最高度的富裕,所需的几乎只有和平、低税收和较为合理的司法管理。

Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice.

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Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

事物的美在于欣赏它们的心灵。

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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.

理性是,也应该只是激情的奴隶,永远不能假装具有其他职责,而只能用于服务和服从它们。

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Custom, then, is the great guide of human life.

风俗习惯是人类生活的重要指南。

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No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle unless the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish.

没有证词足以证明奇迹,除非这证词的假设比它试图证明的事实更为奇迹。

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Tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.

相较于挠一下我的手指,毁灭整个世界并不违反理智。

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When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.

当人们最确信自己并充满傲慢时,通常最容易犯错误,情感主导了他们的判断,没有经过恰当的审慎,而只有审慎才能使他们远离最荒谬的错误。

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A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

明智的人会将自己的信仰与证据相协调。

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The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

人的生命对宇宙而言并不比牡蛎的生命更重要。

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Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

没有什么比多数人容易被少数人统治更令人惊讶的了。

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The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason.

道德规则不是我们理性的结论。

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To be a slave in this world is very different from being a slave in another.

在这个世界上做奴隶与在另一个世界上做奴隶是截然不同的。

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The liberty of the press is the palladium of all the civil, political, and religious rights of an Englishman.

新闻自由是英国人所有的公民、政治和宗教权利的保障。

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The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as they result either from the mere situation of the climate and country or from the form of government and of the character of the people, or from those finer principles and morals, which may be called the recommendations of philosophy.

历史中的优点似乎有三种,一种是来自气候和国家的纯粹地理位置,一种是来自政府形式和人民性格,一种是来自那些更细致的哲学原则和道德,可以称为哲学的推荐。

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Avarice, the spur of industry.

贪婪是工业的鞭策。

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Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.

一般而言,宗教上的错误是危险的,哲学上的错误只是荒谬的。

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In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence.

在我们推理关于事实的过程中,有各种可能的确证程度,从最高的确定性到最低级别的道德证据。

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事物的美在于欣赏它们的心灵。

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

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理性是,也应该只是激情的奴隶,永远不能假装具有其他职责,而只能用于服务和服从它们。

Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.

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