The present state of the system of nature is evidently a consequence of what it was in the preceding moment, and if we conceive of an intelligence which at a given instant comprehends all the relations of the entities of this universe, it could state the respective positions, motions, and general effects of all these entities at any time in the past or future.

最好的建筑是那些讲述故事、有灵魂的建筑。

I’m interested in the real, not in the image of the real.

过去是你记得的、想象中记得的、说服自己记得的或假装记得的一切。

No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

自由市场最重要的一个核心事实是，除非双方都受益，否则交易不会发生。

阅读不是可选的。