He dismisses his brother's entirely practical argument, because for him chastity is a lot more than a simple exercise of sexual abstinence.

他推翻了他弟弟所有实际的论点，因为对他来说,贞节不仅仅是简单的禁止性欲。

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So we have this anonymous attacker who dismisses Milton's earlier political treatises, especially The Reason of Church Government and other early works.

所以我们有这个匿名的抨击者,他否定了弥尔顿早期的政治论文，特别是《教会当局的原因》和其他早期作品。

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He dismisses Milton in an unscrupulous ad hominem attack.

他对弥尔顿进行了不道德的驳斥。

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