Philosophers have always argued that we have no way of knowing whether or not reality is just a simulation.

哲学家一直认为，我们无法证实现实是否只是一种虚拟。

Let alone establish connections. You should take a cue from Roman philosophers and make a mind map.

那更别说把信息串联起来了。你应该借鉴罗马哲学家们的做法，做一个思维导图。

Arthur Schopenhauer was one of the first Western philosophers to seriously engage with Eastern, specifically Buddhist thought.

亚瑟·叔本华是最早认真研究东方，特别是佛教思想的西方哲学家之一。

The idea has been given short shrift by philosophers.

哲学家们不怎么关注这一观点。

Philosophers did not use to make a distinction between arts and science.

哲学家过去习惯不把艺术和科学区别开来。

He must have come to know those philosophers through secondary or tertiary sources.

他一定是通过第二手或第三手资料了解那些哲学家的。

Philosophers sometimes overweight their negativism.

哲学家往往偏重于否定态度。

Will not even philosophers, one might ask, given the possibility of absolute power, be tempted to abuse their positions?

有人可能会问，如果哲学家可能拥有绝对的力量，难道不会想要滥用职权吗？