Confucius exemplified benevolence and integrity, and through his teaching, became one of China's greatest philosophers.

孔子努力践行仁和义，并且通过他学说，成为中国最伟大思想家之一。

Who knew Daoists were the fun philosophers?

想道家其实是有趣学家呢？

Mr. Chub is a philosopher after the order of Socrates.

查伯先生是一位奉苏格拉底为圭臬学家。

These lyrics are from the great American philosopher, Bob Dylan.

而这些歌词，则来自伟大美国鲍勃·迪伦。

Well, I don't know. Who's your favourite philosopher?

呃 我不是很确定 比如是你最喜爱学家？

The founder of modern economics was a Scottish philosopher named Adam Smith.

现代经济学创始是苏格兰学家亚当·斯密（Adam Smith）。

Aristotle was another great philosopher whose ideas continue to be studied today.

亚里士多德是另一位伟大学家，们直到现在还在研究他思想。

You won't have any memories of deciding to become a philosopher.

不记得你决心要做一个学家事。

Some of these guys are not exactly philosophers.

他们中有些并不是真正意义学家。

But the question of why we find things funny has fascinated philosophers for centuries.

但是几个世纪以来，我们为什么会觉得事物好笑这个问题一直让学家们着迷。

He's still happy to expound upon the differences between analytic philosophers and continental philosophers.

他仍然乐于阐述分析学家与大陆学家之间区别。

Oh yeah, he's the philosopher who wrote about where our ideas of beauty come from.

哦，是，他是学家，他写过我们关于美想法来自于哪里。

There are nowadays professors of philosophy, but not philosophers.

现在学教授为数不少，但都称不学家。

And the life of Diogenes, an ancient Greek philosopher, is a testament to this truth.

古希腊学家第欧根尼一生就是对这一真理证明。

Some people would argue that the American transcendentalist philosopher Henry David Thoreau was a minimalist.

有些认为美国超验主义学家亨利·戴维·梭罗是一个极简主义者。

Many people become philosophers in old age.

许多年迈时都成了很有理。

Many philosophers, like Hobbes, have said so.

很多学家，如霍布斯，给出答案是：不是。

Bronson Alcott was a philosopher but not a provider. And the family lived close to poverty.

Bronson Alcott是一位学家，但并不擅长挣钱养家。他们一家生活几近贫困。

It is not too much to say that Confucius was the greatest philosopher in ancient China.

孔子是中国古代最伟大学家，这种说法并不为过。

Many philosophers prefer to live an inward and immaterial life.

许多学家宁愿选择过一种重精神而不重物质生活。