对心智的研究应着眼于其适应功能。
The world is a great river, and we are the fish.
解读:人生起点、境遇常非自主选择,既然无法更改出身等既定事实,那就积极应对,凭借自身努力在既有条件下创造精彩,发挥主观能动性。
But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?
In the state of nature, indeed, all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the laws.
The hardest part was letting go, not taking part.