言语是智者的筹码，他们只是用它们来计算；但它们是愚人的金钱。

现代国家的特点是其能够有效地集中和使用权力。

The history of philosophy is not, like the history of the sciences, to be considered as a mere chronological record of discoveries and errors. It is the history of the human spirit in its endeavor to understand itself and its relation to the universe.

To understand a life, one must first understand the age in which it was lived.

我们都生活在祖先生活的废墟中。