A Mysterious Design That Appears Across Millennia （3）
Clearly there's an underlying structure and unity to things that seem to be complex and aperiodic.
This notion of a hidden underlying unity was common throughout the ancient world, and one sees it in Egypt, in Greece, in Australia, in Mesoamerica, in North America, in Europe and in the Middle East.
Now in the modern West, we might call this underlying unity "God,"
but throughout the ages, other terms have been used to describe the same thing.
This is what Plato called "first cause."
In the medieval period, philosopher Spinoza called this the "singular substance."
In the 20th century, a number of terms were coined to describe this,
one of my favorites being from philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, who called this the "undifferentiated aesthetic continuum."
Doesn't that have a 20th century sound to it?
translation
sentence:
显然有一个潜在的结构和统一性，藏在看似复杂、非周期性的事物之下。
这种隐藏的潜在统一性的概念在古代世界屡见不鲜，埃及出现过，希腊出现过，澳大利亚出现过，中美洲出现过，北美出现过，欧洲出现过，中东也出现过。
在当代西方，我们会将这一隐含的统一称为"上帝"，
但长久以来，它也有过其它名称。
柏拉图称之为"第一因"。
中世纪，哲学家斯宾诺莎（Spinoza）称之为"单一物质"。
在20 世纪，出现了很多描述它的词语，
我最喜欢的一个来自哲学家阿弗烈·诺夫·怀特海（Alfred North Whitehead），他称之为"同质美学连续体"。
听起来是不是很 20 世纪？
phrase:
underlying structure -> 潜在的结构/基础结构
underlying unity -> 潜在的统一性/基础统一性
common throughout -> 遍布全球
throughout the ages -> 一直以来/ 自古以来
medieval period -> 中世纪
word:
underlying英 [ˌʌndəˈlaɪɪŋ]美 [ˌʌndərˈlaɪɪŋ]
adj. 根本的，潜在的；表面下的，下层的；优先的；（数量或水平）实际的
v. 位于…的下面；构成…的基础（underlie 的现在分词形式）
aperiodic英 [ˌeɪpɪərɪˈɒdɪk]美 [ˌeɪˌpɪriˈɑːdɪk]
adj. 不定期的；非周期性的
notion [ 复数 notions ]英 [ˈnəʊʃ(ə)n]美 [ˈnoʊʃ(ə)n]
n. 概念，想法；缝纫用品；一时的念头，突发的奇想
terms ( terming, termed, terms )英 [tɜːmz]美 [tɜːrmz]
n. 地位，关系；[法]条款；术语；措辞；价钱（term 的复数形式）
v. 把……称为（term 的三单形式）
medieval英 [ˌmediˈiːv(ə)l]美 [ˌmiːdˈiːv(ə)l]
adj. 中世纪的；<非正式>非常老派的，极其过时的
singular英 [ˈsɪŋɡjələ(r)]美 [ˈsɪŋɡjələr]
adj. 单数的，单数形式的；<正式>非凡的，突出的；<文>奇怪的，异常的；独一无二的，独特的；（数）（方阵）零行列式的
n. 单数，单数形式（the singular）
coined ( coining, coined, coins )英 [kɔɪnd]美 [kɔɪnd]
v. 创造（新词等）；铸造（硬币）（coin 的过去式和过去分词）
undifferentiated英 [ˌʌndɪfəˈrenʃieɪtɪd]美 [ˌʌndɪfəˈrenʃieɪtɪd]
adj. 分不开的，无差别的
aesthetic (also esthetic)英 [iːsˈθetɪk]美 [esˈθetɪk]
adj. 审美的，美学的；美的，艺术的
n. 美感，审美观；美学（aesthetics）；美术理论
continuum英 [kənˈtɪnjuəm]美 [kənˈtɪnjuəm]
n. [数] 连续统；[经] 连续统一体；闭联集
[ 复数 continua或continuums ]
But for me, a lover of science that I am,
I will take the term coined by the great 20th century physicist David Bohm, who called this the "implicate order."
So what's the takeaway here?
Very simply, this.
When we see these wonderful designs created by cultures that are separated from our own by thousands of miles or thousands of years, we can know these aren't decorations.
These are statements about the fundamental values that culture had, what they found important, how they saw themselves, the world and themselves in the world.
It has been said that architecture is a book written in stone.
So when we see these amazing designs, we can know they're not decorations.
They're a statement.
They're a message.
Look, listen. You can hear their voices.
Thank you.
translation
sentence:
但对我这位科学爱好者来说，
我会选取 20 世纪的伟大物理学家戴维·玻姆（David Bohm）创造的术语，称之为"隐序"。
那么今天的要点是什么呢？
很简单。
当看到与我们相距千里、相距千年的文化创造出的精美设计时，我们就知道它们并非只是装饰，
它们呈现了那个文明的基本价值、珍视之物、自我映射、眼里的世界和身处其中的自己。
有人说，建筑物是用石头撰写的书。
当看到这些美丽的设计时，我们就知道它们并不是装饰，
它们是一种声明，
传递一个信息。
看一看，听一听，你能听到他们的声音。
谢谢。
phrase:
term coined -> 创造术语
fundamental values -> 基本价值
word:
physicist [ 复数 physicists ]英 [ˈfɪzɪsɪst]美 [ˈfɪzɪsɪst]
n. 物理学家
takeaway [ 复数 takeaways ]英 [ˈteɪkəweɪ]美 [ˈteɪkəweɪ]
n. 外卖食品；外卖餐馆；要点
separated英 [ˈsepəreɪtɪd]美 [ˈsepəreɪtɪd]
adj. 分居的，独居的；脱臼的，脱位的；相距遥远的
v. （使）分开，分离；隔开，阻隔；分居（separate 的过去式和过去分词形式）
architecture [ 复数 architectures ]英 [ˈɑːkɪtektʃə(r)]美 [ˈɑːrkɪtektʃər]
n. 建筑设计，建筑风格；建筑学；结构；计算机的体系结构，架构