On the Method of Zadig: Essay #1 from "Science and Hebrew Tradition" — Page 13
All that can be said is, that the prospective prophecies of the astronomer are always verified; and that, inasmuch as his retrospective prophecies are the result of following backwards, the very same method as that which invariably leads to verified results, when it is worked forwards, there is as much reason for placing full confidence in the one as in the other.
말할 수 있는 것은, 천문학자의 미래적 예언은 항상 검증된다는 것이다. 그리고 그의 회고적 예언은 앞으로 진행할 때 항상 검증된 결과로 이어지는 바로 그 동일한 방법을 거꾸로 따른 결과이기 때문에, 한쪽에 전적인 신뢰를 두는 데 있어 다른 쪽에 두는 것과 마찬가지의 이유가 있다.
Retrospective prophecy is therefore a legitimate function of astronomical science; and if it is legitimate for one science it is legitimate for all; the fundamental axiom on which it rests, the constancy of the order of nature, being the common foundation of all scientific thought.
따라서 회고적 예언은 천문학의 정당한 기능이다. 그리고 그것이 한 과학에 대해 정당하다면 모든 과학에 대해서도 정당하다. 그것이 기반으로 하는 근본적인 공리, 즉 자연의 질서의 항상성은 모든 과학적 사고의 공통적인 토대이기 때문이다.
Indeed, if there can be grades in legitimacy, certain branches of science have the advantage over astronomy, in so far as their retrospective prophecies are not only susceptible of verification, but are sometimes strikingly verified.
실제로, 정당성에 등급이 있을 수 있다면, 과학의 특정 분야는 천문학보다 유리한 점이 있다. 그 이유는 그 분야들의 회고적 예언이 검증될 수 있을 뿐만 아니라, 때로는 놀랍도록 검증되기도 하기 때문이다.
Such a science exists in that application of the principles of biology to the interpretation of the animal and vegetable remains imbedded in the rocks which compose the surface of the globe, which is called Palaeontology.
그러한 과학은 지구의 표면을 구성하는 암석에 박혀 있는 동물과 식물의 잔해를 해석하는 데 생물학의 원리를 적용하는 것, 즉 고생물학이라고 불리는 학문에 존재한다.
At no very distant time, the question whether these so-called "fossils," were really the remains of animals and plants was hotly disputed.
그리 오래되지 않은 시기에, 이른바 "화석"이 정말로 동물과 식물의 잔해인지에 대한 문제가 뜨겁게 논쟁되었다.
Very learned persons maintained that they were nothing of the kind, but a sort of concretion, or crystallisation, which had taken place within the stone in which they are found; and which simulated the forms of animal and vegetable life, just as frost on a window-pane imitates vegetation.
매우 박식한 사람들은 그것들이 그런 종류가 전혀 아니라, 그것들이 발견되는 돌 안에서 생겨난 일종의 결핵체 또는 결정화라고 주장했다. 그리고 그것은 마치 창유리의 서리가 식물을 흉내 내듯이, 동물과 식물 생명체의 형태를 모방한 것이라고 했다.
Vocabulary
- 말할
- malhal — To say or speak (verb modifier form)
- 수
- su — Ability or possibility; used with verbs
- 있는
- inneun — Existing; present (verb modifier form)
- 것은
- geoseun — The thing that is (topic marker attached)
- 천문학자의
- cheonmunhakjaui — Of or belonging to an astronomer
- 미래적
- miraejeok — Future-oriented; relating to the future
- 예언은
- yeeon-eun — Prophecy or prediction (topic marker attached)
- 항상
- hangsang — Always; at all times
- 검증된다는
- geomjeungdoendaneun — That it is verified or validated
- 것이다
- geosida — It is the case that; assertive ending
- 그리고
- geurigo — And; furthermore; connecting two clauses
- 그의
- geuui — His; belonging to him
- 회고적
- hoegojeo k — Retrospective; looking back at the past
- 앞으로
- apeuro — Forward; in the future; going ahead
- 진행할
- jinhaenghal — To proceed or advance (modifier form)
- 때
- ttae — Time; when; moment of an action
- 검증된
- geomjeungdoen — Verified; validated; confirmed (modifier form)
- 결과로
- gyeolgwaro — As a result; leading to an outcome
- 이어지는
- ieojineun — Continuing; leading to; being connected
- 바로
- baro — Exactly; right; directly; immediately
- 그
- geu — That; the (demonstrative determiner)
- 동일한
- dongirhan — Same; identical; the very same
- 방법을
- bangbeobeul — Method or way (object marker attached)
- 거꾸로
- geokkuro — In reverse; backwards; upside down
- 따른
- ttareun — Following; according to (modifier form)
- 결과이기
- gyeolgwai gi — Because it is a result or outcome
- 때문에
- ttaemune — Because of; due to; for that reason
- 한쪽에
- hanjjoge — On one side; toward one direction
- 전적인
- Complete; total; absolute; wholehearted
- 신뢰를
- sinnoereul — Trust or confidence (object marker attached)
- 두는
- duneun — Placing; putting; setting (modifier form)
- 데
- de — Place; situation; in doing something
- 있어
- isseo — Being; existing; in the act of having
- 다른
- dareun — Different; other; another
- 쪽에
- jjoge — Toward the side; in the direction of
- 것과
- geotgwa — The thing and; compared with something
- 마찬가지의
- machangangjiui — Of the same kind; likewise; similarly
- 이유가
- iyuga — Reason or cause (subject marker attached)
- 있다
- itda — To exist; to have; to be present
- 따라서
- ttaraseo — Therefore; consequently; thus
- 천문학의
- cheonmunhagui — Of astronomy; belonging to astronomical study
- 정당한
- jeongdanghan — Legitimate; justified; proper; rightful
- 기능이다
- gineungida — It is a function or role
- 그것이
- geugeosi — It; that thing (subject marker attached)
- 한
- han — One; a certain; done (modifier form)
- 과학에
- gwahage — In or for science (location marker attached)
- 대해
- daehae — About; regarding; concerning something
- 정당하다면
- jeongdanghada myeon — If it is legitimate or justified
- 모든
- modeun — All; every; each and every
- 대해서도
- daehaeseo do — Also regarding; concerning as well
- 정당하다
- jeongdanghada — To be legitimate; to be justified
- 기반으로
- gibaneuro — Based on; on the foundation of
- 하는
- haneun — Doing; that does (verb modifier form)
- 근본적인
- geunbonjeok-in — Fundamental; basic; foundational in nature
- 공리
- gongni — Axiom; fundamental accepted principle
- 즉
- jeuk — That is; namely; in other words
- 자연의
- jayeonui — Of nature; belonging to the natural world
- 질서의
- jilseoui — Of order; relating to natural order
- 항상성은
- hangsangseong-eun — Constancy or uniformity (topic marker attached)
- 과학적
- gwahakjeok — Scientific; relating to science
- 사고의
- sagoui — Of thought or thinking; of reasoning
- 공통적인
- gongtongjeok-in — Common; shared; mutually held
- 토대이기
- todaei gi — Because it is the foundation or basis
- 때문이다
- ttaemunioda — It is because of; the reason is
- 실제로
- siljeero — In reality; actually; in practice
- 정당성에
- jeongdangseong-e — In legitimacy; regarding justification
- 등급이
- deunggeub-i — Grade or level (subject marker attached)
- 있을
- isseul — That there will be; existing (future modifier)
- 있다면
- itdamyeon — If there is; if it exists
- 과학의
- gwahagui — Of science; belonging to scientific study
- 특정
- teukjeong — Specific; particular; certain designated
- 분야는
- bunyaneun — Field or domain (topic marker attached)
- 천문학보다
- cheonmunhakboda — More than astronomy; compared to astronomy
- 유리한
- yurihan — Advantageous; favorable; beneficial
- 점이
- jeomi — Point or aspect (subject marker attached)
- 이유는
- iyuneun — The reason is (topic marker attached)
- 분야들의
- bunyadeului — Of the fields; belonging to those domains
- 예언이
- yeeoni — Prophecy or prediction (subject marker attached)
- 검증될
- geomjeungdoel — Will be verified; to be validated (modifier)
- 뿐만
- ppunman — Not only; merely; just that alone
- 아니라
- anira — Not only but also; rather than
- 때로는
- ttaeroneun — Sometimes; at times; occasionally
- 놀랍도록
- nollapdorok — Surprisingly; astonishingly; to an amazing degree
- 검증되기도
- geomjeungdoegido — Also being verified; sometimes gets confirmed
- 하기
- hagi — Doing; the act of doing something
- 그러한
- geureohan — Such; that kind of; of that nature
- 과학은
- gwahageun — Science (topic marker attached)
- 지구의
- jiguui — Of the Earth; belonging to the earth
- 표면을
- pyomyeoneul — Surface (object marker attached)
- 구성하는
- guseonghaneun — Constituting; forming; composing (modifier form)
- 암석에
- amseoge — In rocks; within stone formations
- 박혀
- bakhyeo — Embedded in; lodged within; stuck inside
- 동물과
- dongmulgwa — Animals and; together with animals
- 식물의
- singmurui — Of plants; belonging to plant life
- 잔해를
- janhae reul — Remains or remnants (object marker attached)
- 해석하는
- haeseokhaneun — Interpreting; analyzing; explaining (modifier form)
- 생물학의
- saengmulhagui — Of biology; belonging to biological science
- 원리를
- wonrireul — Principle or law (object marker attached)
- 적용하는
- jeogyonghaneun — Applying; putting into practice (modifier form)
- 것
- geot — Thing; matter; fact; nominalizer
- 고생물학이라고
- gosaengmulhag-irago — Called or named paleontology
- 불리는
- bullineun — Being called; known as (modifier form)
- 학문에
- hangmune — In the field of study or scholarship
- 존재한다
- jonjaehanda — Exists; is present; there is
- 그리
- geuri — So; that; to that extent
- 오래되지
- oraedoeji — Not having become old; not long ago
- 않은
- aneun — Not; did not (negative modifier form)
- 시기에
- sigiye — At the time; during the period of
- 이른바
- ireuinba — So-called; what is known as
- 화석
- hwaseok — Fossil; preserved remains of ancient life
- 이
- i — This; subject marker particle
- 정말로
- jeongmallo — Really; truly; genuinely; in truth
- 잔해인지에
- janhaeinji-e — Whether they are remains; regarding being remnants
- 대한
- daehan — Regarding; about; concerning something
- 문제가
- munjeга — Problem or issue (subject marker attached)
- 뜨겁게
- tteugeobge — Hotly; intensely; passionately (adverb form)
- 논쟁되었다
- nonjaengdoeeotda — Was debated; was contested; was argued
- 매우
- maeu — Very; extremely; highly
- 박식한
- baksikhan — Knowledgeable; learned; well-versed; erudite
- 사람들은
- saramdeureun — People (topic marker attached)
- 그것들이
- geugeotdeuri — Those things (subject marker attached)
- 그런
- geureon — Such; that kind of; of that sort
- 종류가
- jongnyuga — Type or kind (subject marker attached)
- 전혀
- jeonhyeo — Not at all; entirely not; never
- 발견되는
- balgyeondoeneun — Being found; being discovered (modifier form)
- 돌
- dol — Stone; rock
- 안에서
- aneseo — Inside; within; from the interior of
- 생겨난
- saenggyeonan — That arose; that formed; that originated
- 일종의
- iljongui — A kind of; a type of; a sort of
- 또는
- ttoneun — Or; alternatively; either one
- 결정화라고
- gyeoljeongwharago — Called crystallization; referred to as crystallization
- 주장했다
- jujanghaetda — Argued; asserted; claimed; insisted
- 그것은
- geugeoseun — That thing (topic marker attached)
- 마치
- machi — As if; just like; as though
- 서리가
- seoriga — Frost (subject marker attached)
- 식물을
- singmureul — Plant; vegetation (object marker attached)
- 흉내
- hyungnae — Imitation; mimicry; copying someone's manner
- 내듯이
- naedeusi — As if imitating; just as it copies
- 식물
- singmul — Plant; vegetation; flora
- 생명체의
- saengmyeongcheui — Of living organisms; of life forms
- 형태를
- hyeongtaereul — Form or shape (object marker attached)
- 모방한
- mobanghan — Imitated; mimicked; copied (modifier form)
- 것이라고
- geosirago — That it is; said to be the thing
- 했다
- haetda — Did; said; claimed (past tense)
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