The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.

The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.

对欧洲哲学传统最可靠的概括是，它由一系列柏拉图的脚注组成。

-- Alfred North Whitehead 阿尔弗雷德北怀特黑德