Second, a sense of crisis, a radical break in culture, an overturning of conventional artistic forms that goes with a sense that civilization itself is being overturned.

第二，危机感，文化上根本性突破，与文明本身被颠覆同时进行的,颠覆传统艺术模式的运动。

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Now, let me carry on with this by talking about the views of society which are characteristic of the two traditions in Western civilization.

下面我们继续,来谈一下有关于,体现了这两种不同西方文明传统,及其特点的社会观

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So, I want to turn now to the way in which this way of thinking had an impact on the future, and of course I'm speaking about the future of Western civilization which was the heir to this tradition.

所以,我现在想说的是,这样的思考方式对之后的历史有着重大影响,当然,我所说的之后的历史,是对西方文明而言的,因为西方文明继承了这个传统

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