That is to say, it participates in the mythic way of thinking about things.

也就是说它参与了,以神话的方式思考事物的过程。

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but it's also very theoretical and they really make you think about the work you are doing.

但同时它也具有理论性，来帮助你思考你现在做的东西。

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We are also put in mind of how the war is, in fact, anything but a revel, though it, too, may have been provoked by a cause as insignificant and hard to trace as "some wizard vermin."

我们同样也思考事实上战争，只是一场狂欢，尽管它有可能,是由一个毫不重要难以追踪的“一些害虫“引起的“

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This is magical thinking and it affects people because it gives them a sense of confidence and power over events that are thought to be random or uncontrollable.

这是神奇式思考,而它也影响人们,因为它给人自信和力量,去应对那些随机或者不可控的事件

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