So, he becomes a lecturer,

于是他成为一名讲师
and then a professor in philosophy at the University of Toulouse,

之后成为了一名图卢兹大学的哲学教授
which then and now is a very good place.

那在过去和现在都是个不错的学校
He developed a reputation for being a great teacher and,

他因教书优秀而享誉盛名
in the philosophical sense,

就哲学而言
always was trying to reconcile idealism with realism.

就是试着调和理想主义与现实主义之间的分歧
If you've seen photos of him

如果你见过他的相片
he gave a rather uncertain impression.

你会觉得他形象很模糊
Someone once dissed him, saying that,

有人曾这样羞辱他
"he looks like a junior secondary-school master

"他就像一个教初二的老师
who will never get his higher degree

永远不可能升职
and will never exercise enough;

而且总是运动不足