世界小史 第116期:全部知识

 　　What Aristotle said must be right.

　　亚里士多德说的话，必定都是真知灼见。

　　For what he had done was to gather together all the knowledge of his time.

　　因为他所做的是搜集了在他那个时代所能知道的全部知识。

　　He wrote about the natural sciences – the stars, animals and plants;他曾论述过自然科学——论述过星辰、动物和植物；about history and people living together in a state – what we call politics;他曾论述过历史和人在国家中的公共生活——他称为政治；about the right way to reason – logic¹; and the right way to behave – ethics².

　　他曾论述过逻辑学的正确思维；以及伦理学的正确行为。

　　He wrote about poetry and its beauty.

　　他曾论述过诗学和诗学中的美。

　　And last of all he wrote down his own thoughts on a god who hovered³ impassive and unseen above the vault⁴ of heaven.

　　最后也论述过他对浮悬在平静的、不可见的苍穹之上的神的想法。

　　All this Alexander studied too, and no doubt he was a good student.

　　所有这一切亚历山大都学，无疑他是一个好学生。

　　Best of all he loved the stories about heroes in Homer's great lyric⁵ poems – they say he kept them under his pillow at night.

　　他最爱读荷马伟大抒情诗歌里的英雄故事——据说他把它们放在枕头下面。

　　But Alexander didn't spend all his time with his nose in a book.

　　但亚历山大并不是所有的时间都在埋头读书。

　　He loved sport, and riding more than anything. No one rode better than he.

　　他热爱运动，尤其在骑马方面更是无人能胜过他。

 

1 logic   

n.逻辑(学)；逻辑性

参考例句：

• What sort of logic is that?这是什么逻辑？
• I don't follow the logic of your argument.我不明白你的论点逻辑性何在。

2 ethics   

n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准

参考例句：

• The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
• Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。

3 hovered   

鸟( hover的过去式和过去分词 )； 靠近（某事物）； （人）徘徊； 犹豫

参考例句：

• A hawk hovered over the hill. 一只鹰在小山的上空翱翔。
• A hawk hovered in the blue sky. 一只老鹰在蓝色的天空中翱翔。

4 vault   

n.拱形圆顶，地窖，地下室

参考例句：

• The vault of this cathedral is very high.这座天主教堂的拱顶非常高。
• The old patrician was buried in the family vault.这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里。

5 lyric   

n.抒情诗，歌词；adj.抒情的

参考例句：

• This is a good example of Shelley's lyric poetry.这首诗是雪莱抒情诗的范例。
• His earlier work announced a lyric talent of the first order.他的早期作品显露了一流的抒情才华。