Man was defined as a rational being, as a social animal, an animal that can make tools, or a symbol-making animal.

人类被定义为一种理性的存在，一种群居动物，一种可以制造工具的动物，或者一种制造符号的动物。

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Man is a rational being.

人是有理性的生物。

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As a rational being, each herdsman seeks to maximize his gain.

作为理性人，每一个牧人都期望他的收益最大化。

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Because we've just sat in lecture and you've told us we're not being rational if we pick a high number.

因为我们刚刚上过课,你告诉我们选大数的人是不理性的

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And the way you act and the way you think are products, not of a singular rational being, but of a set of conflicting creatures.

你的行为模式与你的思维方式，并不是单一理性存在的产物，而是一系列冲突事件的产物。

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Doesn't Aristotle call man the rational animal, the being with logos, suggesting that all human beings have a desire for knowledge and the desire to cultivate their minds and live as free persons.

亚里士多德不是称人类为理性的动物吗，具有，Logos，的生物，并暗示所有的人类,都有求知欲,且想要陶冶他的身心,并过自由的生活。

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Man, by nature is a conscious, rational being.

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It challenges our traditional reliance on a model of human behavior that presupposes a rational person capable of being deterred by the threat of punishment.

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It is the glue that keeps our story unified and creates our sense of being a coherent, rational agent.

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