The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.
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n. 点;要点;得分;标点;
vt. （意思上）指向;削尖;加标点于;指路;
vi. 表明;指向;
💡 point(prick)→点；地点；目的；时刻；使锐利；指示
"Racial tension has reached boiling point ."
种族间的紧张状态已达到一触即发的程度。
近义：range, aim, hone, sharpen, strap, strop
n. 哲学;哲学体系，哲学思想;生活信条;哲理;
💡 philo爱+sophy智慧→爱智慧→哲学
"the mechanistic philosophy that compares the brain to a computer"
将人脑比作电脑的机械论哲学
近义：ideology, conviction
adj. 简单的;单纯的;易受骗的;天真的;
n. 笨蛋;愚蠢的行为;出身低微者;
💡 sim(one by one)+ple(fold)→简单的；朴素的；单纯的
"her austere bedroom with its simple narrow bed"
她那仅有一张窄床的简陋卧室
近义：uncomplicated, basic, cushy, doss, easy, facile
反义：arduous, intricate, labored, laborious, onerous, painful
n. 开始;动身;开动;起点;
vt.& vi. 出发，启程;
vt. 起动;提出（问题）;开办;使开始;
vi. 起始;突然出现;突然跳起;突然涌出;
"The students return in October for the start of the new academic year."
学生于十月返校，开始新学年的学习。
近义：begin, commence, open, implement, induct, initiate
反义：realize, stop, terminate, accomplish, clinch, close
v. 好像，仿佛;似乎;装作;看来好像;
💡 看（see）上去模（m）糊:视乎- 似乎
"I seem to have accumulated a lot of books."
我好像已经收集了很多书。
近义：look, appear
adj. 值得的;有…的价值;等值的;有…的财产;
n. 财富，财产;价值;
"Each answer is worth 20 points."
每题为20分。
近义：merit, price, pricing, rate, value, worthiness
反义：insignificance, slightness, insignificancy