Storylines often touched on matters of fate,destiny, spirituality,the meaning of life, or what it means to be human.

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You might say, look, if we're not indifferent between these two lives, that's because we think the overall shape of your life matters as well.

你可能会说，如果我们不会对这两种生命无动于衷，那是因为我们认为,生命的整体形状也是有关系的。

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We might think of it as, the overall shape of your life matters.

我们可以把它阐述为，生命的整体形状是有关系的。

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They're theories of everything, encompassing just about everything that matters, day-to-day life, child development, mental illness, religion, war, love.

它们试图对世间的一切做出解释，包括了日常生活，儿童发展，心理疾病，宗教，战争及爱情。

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For all comic novels that are any good must be about matters of life and death.

所有好的喜剧小说写的,必须包含生与死的问题。

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What does Socrates mean when he says his way of life has been devoted almost exclusively ? to private rather than to public matters?

当苏格拉底说,自己的生活方式,只专注在私人而非公共事务时,是什么意思？

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Last time I was talking to you about the world of Homer from the side of, you might say,the life of the mind rather than the practical matters of society by talking about values and ethics in the world of Homer.

上节课我谈到了,荷马时期,可以说,是从精神生活的角度,而不是社会实践的角度来论述的,我们讲了荷马时期的价值观和伦理观

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What we could also call "the narrative arc of your life" matters.

我们也可以称之为“生命叙事线。

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