That is to say, theory has certain ambitions to a totalization of what can be thought that resembles or rivals philosophy.

也就是说，理论探讨的问题,与哲学相似或相媲美,而且倾向于把它完整化。

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No, I mean the responsibility of art, I think, to try to be equal to the world.

因为我认为艺术的责任，是与世界相媲美。

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To be equal to the world is not something that I came up with just now.

与世界相媲美这种说法,不是我刚刚想到的。

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