So as it were,we might say, it might be that mere survival or bare bones survival doesn't really give me what matters.

所以我们可以说，仅仅生存下去,肉体的存活并不是我需要的。

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The vast overwhelming majority of people needed to farm land, in order to stay alive.

当时古希腊拥有众多的人口,人们需要农田才能生存

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