Why didn't he come clean? Of course, they took "The Purloined Ribbon" to be his sort of allegorical way of suggesting that he couldn't possibly confess because nobody can confess, there's no human subjectivity, etc., etc., etc.

为什么不全盘招供，当然，人们把他写的“偷窃的缎带“当成他用一种讽喻的方式,来暗示说他不可能承认,因为没有人能承认，人类主观性的缺失，等等等等。

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What are the moments when that subjectivity, the sort of prison of that subjectivity, wavers?

那些主观性，那些主观的牢笼，在什么地方出现？

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Everything that is worthwhile is to some extent subjective.

有价值的事情从某种程度上都会带点主观性。

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