自然界中每年的痛苦总量超出了所有体面的思考。在我写这句话的一分钟内,成千上万的动物被活生生地吃掉,许多其他动物在逃命,因恐惧而呜咽,其他动物则被寄生虫从内部慢慢吞噬,成千上万的动物因饥饿、口渴和疾病而死亡。
The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values. And which values? Even when they do not panic, men often sense that older ways of feeling and thinking have collapsed and that newer beginnings are ambiguous to the point of moral stasis.