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生动记忆:在历史名人鼓舞下记单词http://www.sina.com.cn
2008年09月01日 09:56 新东方
柏拉图在西方哲学的历史地位几乎无人能企及,他的著作和思想对后世有着极其巨大的影响。在西方哲学的各个学派中,很难找到没有吸收过他的著作的学派。有的哲学史家认为,直到近代,西方哲学才逐渐摆脱了柏拉图思想的控制。 下面摘选出柏拉图的20句名言,希望这位伟大哲人的思想能激励我们奋斗不息。 1 The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile. Victory:胜利 Conquer:征服;战胜 Vile:可鄙的; 2. To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way. Educated:有教养的 Disciplined:训练有素的;有纪律的 3. Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men. Rhetoric:修辞学 4. Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety. Affair:事情;事件 Anxiety:焦虑 5. I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict. Exhort:勉励;劝诫 Combat:战斗 Earthly:世俗的 Conflict:冲突;争斗 6. I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work. Accident:偶然 7. If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life. Neglect: Lame:瘸腿的 8. It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn. Sojourn:(书面语)逗留 9. Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Acquire:获取 Compulsion: 强迫 10. Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods. Amazement:惊奇; 动词amaze 11. No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding. Ordinance:命令 12. He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden. Disposition:性情;气质 13. All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else. Superior:优良的;高级的 Meddle:干涉 Occupation:职业 14. Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation. prosperous: 富足的;繁荣的; Abundant:充裕的 Cultivation:耕耘; 动词 cultivate 15. Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another. Astronomy:天文学 Compel:促使;驱使 16. Attention to health is life’s greatest hindrance. Hindrance:阻碍 17. Courage is a kind of salvation. salvation:救赎;拯救 18. For good nurture and education implant good constitutions. Nurture:培养 Implant:注入 Constitution:性格;素质 19. People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die. Nourish:滋养 Stunt:阻碍 Wilt:凋零 20. Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. Bequeath:遗赠 Reverence:尊敬
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