来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第1集 第1集》
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based on observation and reason,在观察和推理的基础上 -
the root of modern natural science and philosophy,产生了思辨自然哲学 -
free to investigate or to ignore divinity.这就是现代自然科学和哲学的起源 -
What most sets the Greeks apart is希腊人与其他民族最大的不同 -
their view of the world.在于他们的世界观 -
Where other peoples have seen sameness and continuity,别的民族看事物的统一性和连续性 -
the Greeks and the heirs of their way of thinking,希腊人传承传统思想 -
have tended to notice disjunctions看到的多是事物的不同点 -
and to make distinctions.进行比较 -
The Greek way of looking at things requires a change希腊人观察事物的方式需要改变 -
from the characteristic way of这和之前人们通过信仰 -
knowing things before the Greeks, that is to say,诗歌和直觉来了解事物的方式