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问问你最有学问的朋友,下列妙语警句出于何人手笔: “结局好,一切好。”(莎士比亚,理所当然。) “人以三事见性格:赏钱、酒量和脾气”(王尔德?伏尔泰?) “罪证不足莫先罪。”(西塞罗?霍尔姆斯?) “不解的梦,犹如未拆的信。”(弗洛伊德?) 当你知道上述格言无不出自《犹太法典》时,你也许会大吃一惊。我敢打赌,受过最好教育的美国人中,有百分之九十五的人说不上《犹太法典》是啥样的。然而,这部法典却是我们了解纪元前犹太教的主要来源之一,是犹太教、基督教和伊斯兰教从中引出基本道德
Ask your most knowledgeable friend who the following wording is: “The end is good, everything is fine.” (Shakespeare, of course.) “People see things on three counts: money, alcohol and temper” (Wilde? Vol Thai?) “There is no evidence of a crime.” (Cicero Holmes?) “Puzzled dream, like an undone letter.” (Freud?) When you know that the motto is “ Jewish Code ”, you may be surprised. I bet that 95% of the best-educated Americans can not say what the “Talmud” is. However, this code is one of the main sources of our understanding of pre-Christian Judaism because Judaism, Christianity and Islam lead to basic morality