古汉语的作用与翻译
binich
As a consequence, a human's greatest happiness must lie in
contemplation: The Gods enjoy a life blessed in its entirety; men
enjoy it to the extent that they attain something resembling the
divine activity; but none of the other beings can be happy, because
they have no share at all in contemplation, or study. So happiness is
coextensive with study, and the greater the opportunity for studying,
the greater the happiness, not as an incidental effect, but as
inherent in contemplation. (Aristotle 1178b25-31)
故而，吾人之无上乐事莫过于思维。 上帝乃全知全能者。 吾人皆效之也。 然则其余生物无此福分，盖因其不能思与学也。 是故，学焉乐焉，学愈深而乐愈
甚，此非偶然之属，实乃思维应有之义也。（亚里士多德，1178b25-31)
binich
I would address one general admonition to all, that they consider what
are the true ends of knowledge, and that they seek it not either for
pleasure of the mind, or for contention, or for superiority to others,
or for profit, or for fame, or power, or any of these inferior things,
but for the benefit and use of life; and that they perfect and govern
it in charity. For it-was from lust of power that the Angels fell,
from lust of knowledge that man fell, but of charity there can be no
excess, neither did angel or man come in danger by it.
吾欲告诫汝等，汝等求知到底为何--不为心灵之愉悦，不为言辞之辩给，不为超群拔伦，不为利禄、声名、权势，如此等等卑劣之事，但为吾生之益助与利用
耳。 当怀博爱之心完善与统领之。 贪恋权势，天使亦堕落矣，贪慕知识，人亦堕落矣。然怀博爱之心，方可不逾矩，可能无往而不利也.
binich
Urging mathematicians to study nature and natural philosophers to
study mathematics, he argued that if both groups do as he proposes:
the former shall not entirely spend their time in speculations of no
value to human life, nor shall the latter while working assiduously
with an absurd method, perpetually fail to reach their goal. But truly
with the help of philosophical geometers and of geometrical
philosophers, instead of the conjectures and probabilities that are
blazoned about everywhere, we shall finally achieve a natural science
supported by the greatest evidence.
他鼓励数学家多研究自然，同时又鼓励哲学家多研究数学，提出：
前者不应将虚耗光阴，研究对人类无益之学，后者则不应孜孜以求，钻入荒谬之途，使自己永无成功之日。然则若天降有哲学思维之数学家，以及有数理概念之哲
学家，荡除四布之臆说玄想，则吾等庶几可达自然科学理想之境，此境亦为诸多证据所证明。