180. "Many problems of modern society cannot be solved by laws and the legal system because moral behavior cannot be legislated."
现代社会的很多问题是法律和立法系统无法解决的，因为道德行为是无法用法律约束的。
I agree with this assertion insofar as it relates to constraints on certain personal freedoms. However, when it comes to the conduct of business, I think that moral behavior not only can but must be legislated for the purpose of alleviating societal problems.
1. Morality laws that impinge upon freedom of choice about our personal lives—to control what we do with and to ourselves—simply do not work in a democratic society.
2. Morality laws impinging on personal freedoms are not made any more useful or effective by purporting to serve the greater good of society, because on balance their costs far outweigh their benefits.
3. In sharp contrast to personal behavior, the behavior of businesses can and must be controlled through legislation.
道德和法律
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183. "As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more complex and more mysterious."
随着我们获得越来越多的知识，事情并没有变的更加透彻，相反是变的更复杂更神秘。
As our knowledge of the world accumulates, we arrive at a higher stage of civilization although the world may appear more complex and more mysterious.
1. The world in the eyes of primitive tribes was much simpler and thus more “comprehensible” in a sense and certainly more backward.
2. If we compare the known part of the world to the space within a circle, the unknown part of the world around the circle grows as the circle of our knowledge expands.
3. There is no need to feel frustrated about the increasingly more complex and more mysterious world that we confront because our knowledge in total keeps growing and correspondingly we are becoming better equipped to cope with the problems that emerge.
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217. "In order to produce successful original work, scholars and scientists must first study the successful work of others to learn what contributions remain to be made."
为了创作出成功的原创著作，学者和科学家们必须研究别人的著作以了解这些著作仍然保持着哪些贡献。
Naturally, to make new contributions in any field of study, scholars and scientists should first master the existing work done by their fellow scholars and scientists.
1. No one can produce any original work without first assimilating the contributions of former generations in his or her field.
2. The defects of the work of other scholars and scientists are where we can possibly make our contributions.
3. In a large sense, what is called “original” work is usually but an improvement on the work done by previous scholars and scientist.
他山之石可以攻玉，科学是承前继后的过程
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第六类 政治
8. "It is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to withhold information from the public."
对于政治领导者来说，向人民大众隐瞒信息通常是必要的，甚至有益的。
Agree
1. In order to gain the opportunity for effective public leadership, a would-be leader must first gain and maintain political power. In the game of politics, complete forthrightness is a sign of vulnerability and naiveté, neither of which earn a politician respect among his or her opponents.
2. Fully disclosing to the public certain types of information would threaten public safety and perhaps even national security.
3. Nevertheless, legitimate political leadership indeed requires forthrightness with the citizenry as to the leader’s motives and agenda.
少数和多数的关系之true lies, the truth is out there.
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