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Rule Twelve - Finally we must make use of all the aids which intellect, imagination, sense-perception, and memory afford in order, firstly, to intuit simple propositions distinctly; secondly, to combine correctly the matters under investigation with what
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最后，我们必须求助于智性、想像、感官、记忆，1)以便于明明白白地直观单纯的命题，2)或者为了能正确地将我们研究的主题跟已经知道的东西产生联系，使得那些事物也可被认识；3)或者，为了探求那些应该彼此比较的事物，不忽略掉人所能努力的任何部份。 |
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Rule Twenty-one - If there are many equations of this sort, they should all be reduced to a single one, viz. to the equation whose terms occupy fewer places in the series of magnitudes which are in continued proportion, i.e. the series in which the order
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如果有同种类的许多等式，就应该化简到一个等式，也就是说，化简到在连续比例中量的系列里只有少数项，换言之，在此系列中，项目的秩序被安排好了。 |
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Rule Two - We should attend only to those objects of which our minds seem capable of having certain and indubitable cognition.
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规则二：真正要关心的对象是那些我们的天赋能够获得确定无疑的知识的对象。 |
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Rule by or as if by a despot; absolute power or authority.
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专制如同或被专制者统治；绝对权力或权威 |
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Rule by virtue should have a value in the self-cultivation realm, with many abuses of administration, instead of regulating-state realm.
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德治虽然具有为己修身层面上的价值，但却不乏治理层面上的弊端，不具有国家治理层面上的价值。 |
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Rule number 1: Do not lose any of your share holder's money.
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守则一：不要让公司的投资人亏钱。 |
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Rule of Clarity: Clarity is better than cleverness.
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清晰原则：清晰胜于机巧。 |
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Rule of Clarity:Clarity is better than cleverness.
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清晰性准则：清晰性优先于巧妙。 |
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Rule of Diversity: Distrust all claims for “one true way”.
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多样原则：决不相信“不二法门”的断言。 |
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Rule of Diversity:Distrust all claims for one true way.
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多样性准则：怀疑一切声称“只能如此”的说法。 |
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Rule of Economy: Programmer time is expensive; conserve it in preference to machine time.
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经济原则：宁花机器一分，不花程序员一秒。 |
