And the claim that psychoanalysis proves itself by being- by its tremendous success in curing mental illness is also almost certainly not true.

对于精神分析,通过在治疗心理疾病方面获得的巨大成功,证明了其理论的正确性,这个观点当然也是不对的。

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In it he asks "What is the intellectual quality that successful statesmen possess that distinguishes their knowledge "? from all other forms of rationality and knowledge?"

书中他提问,“何种智力特质,是成功政治家们所应具备,以使其知识有别于,所有其它种类的理性与知识,他的回答如下“

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Now I don't know if you can read it because it's a little blurry, but a diet program that's been successful over two thousand years; can't beat that kind of a track record.

我不确定你们能否读懂它,其内容有些模糊,但该减肥方案已有两千年的成功史,这个记录是难以打破的

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