《智慧书·第一辑·一至五十》第4则
Knowledge and Courage are the elements of Greatness. They give immortality, because they are immortal. Each is as much as he knows, and the wise can do anything. A man without knowledge, a world without light. Wisdom and strength, eyes and hands. Knowledge without courage is sterile.
注释摘要
葛拉西安把知识与勇气并举，并不是先论知识再论勇气，而是把两者当作同一个复合主语的左右半身。这一则的原文有一个醒目的对句结构：Wisdom and strength, eyes and hands——智慧是眼睛，力量是双手；有眼无手不能行事，有手无眼则盲目。他在这里动用了他惯用的概念主义技法，把一个抽象命题压缩成两组器官的平行比喻，让身体部位替他说完了整段论…