Claim: The best test of an argument is its ability to convince someone with an opposing viewpoint.

　　Reason: Only by being forced to defend an idea against the doubts and contrasting views of others does one really discover the value of that idea.

　　結論：最能說明辯論效果的是，讓持有相反觀點的人信服。

　　原因：面對疑問和他人相反的觀點，只有一個人為某觀點辯護時，他才能發現某觀點的價值所在。

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　　Claim: Imagination is a more valuable asset than experience.

　　Reason: People who lack experience are free to imagine what is possible without the constraints of established habits and attitudes.

　　結論：相比經驗，想象力是更重要的財富。

　　原因：缺乏經驗的人更容易放飛想象，而不受既定的習慣和態度所禁錮。

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　　In most professions and academic fields, imagination is more important than knowledge.

　　在任何職業或學術領域，想象力比知識重要。

　　21 Laws should be flexible enough to take account of various circumstances, times, and places.

　　法律應該根據不同的環境、時期和地點而足夠靈活。

　　41 The greatness of individuals can be decided only by those who live after them, not by their contemporaries.

　　個人的偉大是由后來人評判，不是由同時代的人來評判。

　　89 Claim: Many problems of modern society cannot be solved by laws and the legal system.

　　Reason: Laws cannot change what is in peoples hearts or minds.

　　結論：現代社會的很多問題不能通過司法途徑解決。

　　原因：法律無法改變人們的感情和思想。

　　103 The best ideas arise from a passionate interest in commonplace things.

　　帶著炙熱的興趣，最好的主意往往來自平凡的事情。

　　141 It is more harmful to compromise ones own beliefs than to adhere to them.

　　折衷自己的信仰比堅持信仰要有害。

　　Claim: The best test of an argument is its ability to convince someone with an opposing viewpoint.

　　Reason: Only by being forced to defend an idea against the doubts and contrasting views of others does one really discover the value of that idea.

　　結論：最能說明辯論效果的是，讓持有相反觀點的人信服。

　　原因：面對疑問和他人相反的觀點，只有一個人為某觀點辯護時，他才能發現某觀點的價值所在。

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　　Claim: Imagination is a more valuable asset than experience.

　　Reason: People who lack experience are free to imagine what is possible without the constraints of established habits and attitudes.

　　結論：相比經驗，想象力是更重要的財富。

　　原因：缺乏經驗的人更容易放飛想象，而不受既定的習慣和態度所禁錮。

　　106/126

　　In most professions and academic fields, imagination is more important than knowledge.

　　在任何職業或學術領域，想象力比知識重要。

　　21 Laws should be flexible enough to take account of various circumstances, times, and places.

　　法律應該根據不同的環境、時期和地點而足夠靈活。

　　41 The greatness of individuals can be decided only by those who live after them, not by their contemporaries.

　　個人的偉大是由后來人評判，不是由同時代的人來評判。

　　89 Claim: Many problems of modern society cannot be solved by laws and the legal system.

　　Reason: Laws cannot change what is in peoples hearts or minds.

　　結論：現代社會的很多問題不能通過司法途徑解決。

　　原因：法律無法改變人們的感情和思想。

　　103 The best ideas arise from a passionate interest in commonplace things.

　　帶著炙熱的興趣，最好的主意往往來自平凡的事情。

　　141 It is more harmful to compromise ones own beliefs than to adhere to them.

　　折衷自己的信仰比堅持信仰要有害。