They really do come to believe in the power of reason, of human beings to figure out the universe.

他们相信理性的力量,以及人类认知宇宙的的能力

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Things are either pleasant or unpleasant. The good, on the contrary, - is the way in which our cognitive and moral faculty-- which Kant calls "the reason"--understands things.

事情总是有好有坏，但只有好的东西才能被我们的，感官和道德感-,也就是康德笔下的“理性“，所认知。

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is dependent on how we perceive the world, on the form,on our interpretation,on our perception.

在于我们如何看待世界，not，only，primarily—,社会习俗规条，我们理性和感性上的认知。

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