What does it have to do with the philosopher's stone?

它和魔法石有什么关系?

There was a legendary substance that alchemists believed was the key to transmutation – the philosopher's stone.

有一种传说中的物质，炼金术士们认为它是转化的关键——魔法石。

Isaac Newton sought the philosopher's stone, so did Roger Boyle – both revered in the world of science.

艾萨克·牛顿(Isaac Newton)和罗杰·博伊尔(Roger Boyle)都曾寻求过魔法石，他们都在科学界备受尊崇。

Number seven is the philosopher's stone.

第七是点金石。

Such were the Crusades in the Middle Ages, the belief in witchcraft, the search for the philosopher's stone, and the passion for tulips.

这就是中世纪的十字军东征、对巫术的信仰、寻找点金石以及对郁金香的热爱。

It was at Constantinople that, according to a certain aureum vellus printed at Rorschach in the sixteenth century, he received the philosopher's stone from Solomon Trismosinus.

正是在君士坦丁堡，根据 16 世纪在 Rorschach 印刷的某种 aureum vellus，他从 Solomon Trismosinus 那里得到了贤者之石。

Aureliano, of course, understood that his brother's affliction did not have its source in the search for the philosopher's stone, but he couldnot get into his confidence.

奥雷连诺当然明白他哥哥的苦难并不是因为寻找点金石而引起的，但他无法向他倾诉。

The same passion which has suggested to so many people the absurd idea of the philosopher's stone, has suggested to others the equally absurd one of immense rich mines of gold and silver.

使许多人想到点金石的荒谬想法的同一种热情，也使其他人想到了同样荒谬的巨大金银矿山。

To seek for a secret that would render it constant, would be as wild a search as for the philosopher's stone, or the grand panacea; and the discovery would be equally useless, or rather pernicious to mankind.

寻找一个能让它保持不变的秘密， 就像寻找点金石或万能药一样疯狂。 这一发现对人类同样无用， 或者说是有害的。