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Probably one of Arthur's mistakes or one of Merlin's mistakes was he had a higher view of mankind than mankind merited in the sense of relative intelligence
也許亞瑟的一個錯誤 或者說梅林的一個錯誤就是在智力方面過高地估計了人類所具有的程度
That maybe people just simply couldn't see greater good,
也許人們不能看到更高層次的善行
that people are too busy worrying about their own needs and concerns to be called to some higher purpose
而只是過于著眼于擔心他們個體的需要與事情 以至于無法響應更高層次的目標
And so he gets back to maybe another problem is possession
因此他回到了 也許是另一個問題上 占有
or having something America's definitely into it and I don't exclude myself
即 得到某物 美國人當然喜歡 我也不例外
I just try to be better than I could be
我只是試著變得更好
I say, "Well, I could have that, but I won't"
我會說 "我本可以擁有 但我沒有"
I have to say my daughters are much better at it than I am,
我得說我的女兒在這一點上比我好得多了
so I feel I must've been a good parent that they listen to what I said and not what I did
因此我覺得我是個好父親因為他們聽從我說的而不是我做的
Of course my mother always said that intelligence skipped a generation
當然我的媽媽總說 我這一代沒有智商
And whenever, whenever she'd kind of jab me with that
每當她用這樣的言辭抨擊我時
I'd say, "That's kind of a mean thing to say about your mother"
我就說"這么說你的母親有點過分吧"
But anyway, having is a problem, possessing
總之 擁有是個問題
And maybe there are deep impulses
也許存在著深層次的沖動
He says, on the bottom of 632, deep impulses in the "Fabric of Society" in that leaders tie into those
在632頁下面 他說 那些深層次的沖動存在于領導者之間的"社會組織"中
And so Arthur is called forth
于是亞瑟被喚醒了
These ideals are called forth when the impulse in society is correct for those things to emerge
當社會中的沖動與社會現象的出現時機相符時 這些理想就會被喚醒
And that leader simply reflect these impulses, reflect the fabric of society at that time rather than form the fabric of society
這樣的領袖顯然反映了這樣的沖動 反映了那個時代的社會組織 而不是建立了社會組織
makes sense to me
在我看來有道理
Not trying to make this into a social science course
不要試著把它同社科類的課程聯系到一起
But that's what's in here
不過書上是這么寫的
We're back to the ants again, not to beat up the ants at the end
我們回到螞蟻的討論中 不是最后來打擊螞蟻
But again, on 633, up in there, he talks about the haves and the have-nots
而是 在633頁 上面這里 他談到了富人和窮人
Remember when we read the ants we had those lists of reasons to have wars?
記得當我們讀到螞蟻的時候列下的進行戰爭的幾點理由嗎
Like, who has the food or who has the land, and you know "they have too much land and we don't have enough so we deserve to have their land"
像誰擁有食物誰擁有土地 而且大家知道 他們有太多的土地而我們卻沒有足夠的 因此我們應該享有他們的一部分
Or "We have a lot of land, they don't have enough, so they're gonna attack us because they want our land"
或者我們有許多的土地 他們不夠 因此他們想攻擊我們獲得他們想要的土地
That no matter what, you can justify having war
不管怎樣 大家是可以找到戰爭的理由的
