“礼治”是荀子的重要思想,荀子认为“礼”之起源,是为了保持物质和人欲的平衡。欲望,是人生来就有的,满足欲望是人的本性。但是人人都依自己的愿望行事的话,可想而知世界就会混乱不堪,而且外物有限,不能想要多少就要多少。所以需要制定“礼”来规范人们的行为,合理引导欲望。荀子认为“礼者,养也”,“礼”并非是刻意压制人的欲望,而是合理满足人的欲望,以及合理分配物质,使社会相对稳定。
The metropolis exacts from man as a discriminating creature a different amount of consciousness than does rural life.
未来属于那些能够在不给地球或人类留下伤痕的情况下制造皮革的人。
The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do.
The mind is a system of organs of computation, designed by natural selection to solve the kinds of problems our ancestors faced in their foraging way of life.
La verdadera patria del poeta es su lengua.