But history and literature aside, perhaps the greatest gifts that Edinburgh has given humankind is in the field of knowledge, which once earned the city the title, The Athens of The North.

但撇开历史和文学不谈，也许爱丁堡给人类最伟大的礼物在知识领域，这曾为这座城市赢得了“北方雅典”的称号。