The man is not a real man, the man is a symbol; only this time, a symbol of the real, a symbol of the actual and local of the Irish race and the reality.

这个人不是真正的人而是象征;,只是这次是真实的象征,是爱尔兰民族本地的,和真实存在的象征。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

A real man does not fear the consequences of injustice.

一个真正的男人不会害怕,不公的后果。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The one real objective of education is to leave a man in the condition of continually asking questions.

教育的真正目的,是让一个人可以连续发问。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

There are lots of people who have pointed out to us that before a certain period, there was no such thing as man, and in a variety of quite real senses, after a certain moment in the history of culture, there is also no such thing as man.

很多人向我们指出,在某一特定时间点前是没有人类的，而且在真实意义上，在文化史中的某一特定时刻后，人类也不存在。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选