1、出自英国哲学家约翰·斯图尔特·密尔(1806-1873)的《功利主义》一书.
2、原文是:It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.And if the fool,or the pig,are a different opinion,it is because they only know their own side of the question.The other party to the comparison knows both sides.
3、可以翻译为:做一个不满足的人胜于做一只满足的猪;做不满足的苏格拉底胜于做一个满足的傻瓜.如果那个傻瓜或猪有不同的看法,那是因为他们只知道自己那个方面的问题.而相比较的另一方即苏格拉底之类的人则对双方的问题都很了解.
就是说是凡人甚至地位很低下,但不是象苏格拉底这样的哲学名人