So, first he makes America mythic, rather than specific , and then he enters into that mythology through acts of identification.

他是首先将美国赋予神话色彩，而不去将它具体化，然后他通过寻找自我认同感的行为进入了自己的神话。

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The final aspect of self that I want to talk about is the idea that what you do makes sense.

我想讲的关于自我的最后一个方面,就是为自己的行为寻找理由。

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What we'd be looking for,I take it, would be some kind of behavior on our part that calls out for explanation.

我认为，我们在寻找的东西，应该是某种我们需要解释的行为。

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You remember that Freud said we have to infer the unconscious from the erratic behavior of consciousness.

弗洛伊德曾经从,平常行为中的古怪中寻找潜意识。

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We are all rational actors and therefore it is rational for us to seek and to desire peace, but note that that is exactly what Hobbes does not say, he does not say this.

我们的行为都合乎理性,所以我们去寻找和平，但是要注意，霍布斯确实没提到这一点,他并没有说。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

There is rationalization, which is that when you do something or think something bad you rationalize it and you give it a more socially acceptable explanation.

还有合理化，是指当你做坏事或有不良想法时,你会将行为合理化,为行为寻找一个更为社会接受的解释。

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