When we really get this mysterious philosophy, it may change our view on the universe forever.

当正理解这个神秘的哲学思想时，它可能会永远地改变对宇宙的看法。

And a few philosophers and mystics might argue that even our own universe is an illusion.

有少部分哲学家和神学家会说即便的宇宙也是幻觉，不实存在的。

The question of the origins of life and its ubiquity around the universe is central to science, religion, and philosophy.

生命的起源及其在宇宙中的普遍存在是科学、宗教和哲学关注的核心问题。

Other philosophers before him had tried to show that the primordial substance had to be either water, air, or fire.

在他之前有些哲学家也曾经试图证明宇宙的基本元素不是水，就是空气或火。

These three Milesian philosophers all believed in the existence of a single basic substance as the source of all things.

这三位米雷特斯的哲学家都相信，宇宙间有一种基本物质是所有事物的源头。

For our philosophy sees no longer a supreme sanction, and no longer hears a harmony of the universe.

因为的哲学不再看到至高无上的制裁，也不再听到宇宙的和谐。

At the root of Taoist philosophy lies the idea of an all-encompassing force called Tao, from which all elements of the universe derive.

道家哲学的根源在于一种被称为道的包罗万象的力量，宇宙的所有元素都来自这种力量。

In other words, the works of these ancient Greek philosophers, astronomers and mathematicians have directly informed our modern understanding of the universe.

换句话说，这些古希腊哲学家、天文学家和数学家的著作直接影响现代对宇宙的理解。

But what we do know enables us to establish that the earliest Greek philosophers' project concerned the question of a basic constituent substance and the changes in nature.

不过，根据已知的资料可以断定这些早期希腊哲学家的“课题”与宇宙的基本组成物质与大自然的变化等问题有关。

In his classic essay The Myth of Sisyphus, existentialist philosopher Albert Camus compared the punishment to humanity’s futile search for meaning and truth in a meaningless and indifferent universe.

存在主义哲学家阿尔伯特·加缪在他的经典论文《西西弗斯神话》中将这种惩罚比作人类在无意义和冷漠的宇宙中徒劳地寻找意义和理。

Sophie realized that she had already begun to crawl down into the cozy rabbit's fur, the very same rabbit that had been pulled from the top hat of the universe. But the philosopher had stopped her.

苏菲意识到她已经开始朝着兔子(就是从宇宙的帽子中被拉出来的那只)温暖舒适的毛皮深处向下爬，却被这位哲学家中途拦住。

Most philosophers, rightly or wrongly, believe that philosophy can do much more than this—that it can give us knowledge, not otherwise attainable, concerning the universe as a whole, and concerning the nature of ultimate reality.

无论对错，都相信哲学可以做的远不止于此——它可以给提供知识， 这些知识是通过其他方式无法获得的， 涉及整个宇宙， 涉及终极现实的本质。

Metaphysics insisted on treating the universe as one thought or treating thought as one universe; and philosophers agreed, like a kinetic gas, that the universe could be known only as motion of mind, and therefore as unity.

形而上学坚持将宇宙视为一个思想或将思想视为一个宇宙； 哲学家一致认为， 宇宙只能作为思维的运动而被认识， 因此是统一的。

Most scientific research has practical ends. But some still pursues goals better described by the field's original name: " natural philosophy" . One of its most philosophical questions is, " Is there life elsewhere in the universe" ?

大多数科学研究都有实际的目的。但有些人仍然追求这个领域的原名" 自然哲学" 所描述的更好的目标。其中一个最哲学的问题是，" 宇宙中其他地方有生命吗？"

What saved his life? One day, in the depths of his despair, he reached for his diary and tried to set down his philosophy of life. " The human race, " he wrote, " is not alone in the universe" .

是什么救他的命？一天，在万念俱灰之际，他拿出日记本，试图写下自己的人生哲学。 “人类，”他写道，“在宇宙中并不孤单”。