f truth is the recognition of the systematic character of a certain kind of error, then it would be fully dependent on the prior existence of this error.

如果真理是,对一种错误的系统化字符的认可，那么它会完全依赖于这个错误的先前存在。

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But when you look at it in a comparative light in its legal context, we see that it's a polemic against the class distinctions that were being drawn in antecedent and contemporary legal systems, such as the Code of Hammurabi.

但当你在法律背景下以一种比较的观点看待它时，会发现它驳倒了存在于先前的和同时代的,法律体系中的阶级差异,例如，汉穆拉比法典。

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He doesn't emerge from a preexisting realm. He has no divine siblings.

他不从先前存在的某个领域里诞生，他没有神族的兄弟姐妹。

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