He spoke about, and I like to claim this approach, the position of scholarship to which we call the Higher Naivete.

他是这么说的,我觉得这种方式很好,这是一种叫做"高级天真"的研究方法

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Okay, be warned; I'm a practitioner of the higher naivete.

好了,注意,鄙人就是"高级天真"的实践者

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Having learned, or having agreed, let's say, with my prejudice, which is that the Higher Naivete must reign -and if the Greeks said it happened, you got to believe it happened, until you have to believe that it didn't happen.

以我的成见,他已经达到或认同,"高级天真",如果古希腊人说确有其事,你要相信它确实发生,除非你不得不相信它其实并未发生过

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