这种渴求不是这个时代才有的，这是人与生俱来的生存欲。我们惧怕被替代，或许是被机器，AI，或是被更有能力的人。

　　信息和技术的便捷，似乎让我们可以随时随地学到知识，掌握技能，领略和发现新的思维方式。但这一切，正如叔本华曾说过的：一种纯粹靠读书学来的真理，与我们的关系，就像假肢、假牙、蜡鼻子甚或人工植皮。它粘附于我们只因我们将它放置于身。而由独立思考获得的真理就如我们天生的四肢：只有它们才属于我们。

　　核心单词：

　　artificial adj. 人造的；仿造的

　　The city is dotted with small lakes, natural and artificial

　　这个城市小型湖泊星罗棋布，有天然的也有人工的。

　　limb n. 肢，臂；

　　The police were lucky they found him before I did. I would have torn him limb from limb.

　　警察很幸运，比我先找到了他。不然我真会把他大卸八块的。

　　waxen adj. 苍白的；蜡制的；

　　Her eyes were fixed on the waxen face of her son, willing him to live.

　　她凝视着儿子苍白的脸，盼着他好起来。

　　adhere to：粘附；追随

　　All members of the association adhere to a strict code of practice

　　协会的所有成员都遵守一套严格的行为规范。

　　叔本华名言

　　Truth that has been merely learned is like an artificial limb, a false tooth, a waxen nose; at best, like a nose made out of another’s flesh; it adheres to us only because it is put on. But truth acquired by thinking of our own is like a natural limb; it alone really belongs to us.

　　- Arthur Schopenhauer

　　翻译

　　一种纯粹靠读书学来的真理，与我们的关系，就像假肢、假牙、蜡鼻子甚或人工植皮。它粘附于我们只因我们将它放置于身。而由独立思考获得的真理就如我们天生的四肢：只有它们才属于我们。 -叔本华