It was highly elevated above all other priorities and absort the lion share of effort and attention of the White House.

是压在所有其他首要任务之上的,在白宫人力物力方面,都占了很大的比重。

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But he also encourage people not to study philosophy, or not to end there, and to go study and do something that would actually fulfill the ethical mandates of philosophy.

但是他却告诉人们不要去学哲学，或是不要局限于哲学，而是要学些别的东西,因为其他的知识可以,实现哲学提出的道德任务。

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I just mentioned examples of that, so the organism seeks out fat, sweet, and variety and eating large amounts of food becomes a priority, at least according to the brain.

我仅仅是举了个例子,机体寻求脂肪,糖或其他食物,大量进食成了首要任务,至少大脑是这么认为的

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