In other words, the text is what makes the ascertainment of meaning possible and available to us, but meaning is not in the text.

换言之,作品才是使含义得以传达的必要条件，但含义又并不在文本里。

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It's difficult, philosophy and social thought, but it's not difficult because of the element of surprise.

这很难，哲学和社会思想，但它又并不难在惊讶这个成分。

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