It won't surprise you when Plato looks for an example of something that is eternal and indestructible his mind immedialately starts thinking about the 3 platonic forms. Take the number 3.

当柏拉图寻求,某种永恒，不可毁灭的东西,作为证明例子的时候,你可能不会觉得奇怪他马上想到了,柏拉图形式，比如说数字。

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But something that tugs at an idea or a feeling that you really can't define or name, that is timeless.

但那些激发你某种莫名的想法或感觉的东西，却是永恒的。

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It's now exactly that power from which Milton has been excluded by virtue of his blindness -- light: "Hail holy Light, offspring of Heav'n first-born, / Or of th' Eternal Coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd?"

而是弥尔顿已经被失明剥夺的一种力量,圣光，你是上帝最初的产物，永恒的光束,我是否可以向你表达我无限的敬意“

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