But these are important issues and these vary a lot from culture to culture and a good theory of psychology has to explain how these differences arise.

这些重要问题,在每个文化中都不一样,一个好的心理学理论必须能解释,这些差异是怎么产生的。

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Reason, although it was employed for all sorts of practical and intellectual purposes in some of these cultures, it still lacked independence from religion and it lacked the high status to challenge the most basic received ideas.

尽管在这些文化中,理性在只是理论上,实际活动中都有被利用,但是它始终无法与宗教割裂,地位也很低,而不被大多数人接受

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