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Or can we perfect it? And can it change.
我們能否完善它? 它能否改變?
This work relies on or these ideas rely on the work of Thomas Sowell.
這個工作或者說這些觀點 基于Thomas Sowell的成果
Thomas Sowell, Harvard class of 58, now at Stanford, the Hoover Institute.
Thomas Sowell 哈佛58屆學生 目前就職斯坦福的胡佛研究院
One of my intellectual heroes. And what he does and what his work does is basically explain.
我心中的一位知識分子英雄 他的工作和作品的貢獻在于解釋了
Why people choose to back one political party versus the other; why they choose to live one kind of life versus the other.
人們為什么會選擇一個黨派反對另一個 為什么會選擇一種生活方式摒棄另一種
This single book helped me understand myself better as well as other people better.
這本書幫助我更好地了解自己 更好地了解別人
Whether it's politically, whether it's psychologically, whether it's philosophically.
不論是政治上 心理上還是哲學觀上
Those of you who are interested in politics and there is one book you want to read.
對政治感興趣的同學 如果說有一本書是必讀的
After you read Marva Collins of course, it's this. So what does Thomas Sowell say.
讀完Marva Collins的作品后 就是這本 Thomas Sowell所執的觀點是什么？
Essentially what he does is divide people into two camps those who hold constrained vision.
他把人分成兩個陣營 那些認為本性受約束
The limited vision; and those who hold the unconstrained.
有局限性的觀點的人 和認為人性不受約束
The unlimited vision of human nature. People who hold constrained vision of human nature.
無局限性的觀點的人 認為人性受約束的觀點的人
Believe that human nature cannot be changed; it's immutable we have certain instincts.
相信人性無法改變 它是永恒的 我們有一些本能
We have certain inclinations. They are fixed. This is it.
有一些欲望 它們是固有的 無法改變
What you see is what you get. What you are born with or were born with.
是什么樣就是什么樣 作為人的物種
As species, is all we have. The flaws that are out there are inevitable.
只有與生俱來的東西 我們的缺陷不可避免
They cannot be changed. We need to accept them for what they are.
無法改變 不論好壞 我們只能接受
That's the only thing we can do with these flaws. And people who have the constrained vision think.
我們只能接受缺陷 執有人性受約束的觀點的人認為
That our instincts, our inclinations, our basic nature is immutable, accepted.
我們的本能 欲望 我們的本性是永恒的 唯有接受
And then what they do, rather than resign, they channel it. How do they channel it.
但他們沒有屈服 而是加以引導 如何引導?
