It's not the ideal of human existences; it's not the best possible life we can imagine ourselves having.

它并非人类完美的存在;,它不是我们所能想象的最美好的生活。

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So again, when the question is posed, ?" "Is there a kind of life that I or you would want to live forever?"

所以当问题提出时，“是否存在我或你们想永远过的生活“

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So, you end up going through life assuming that there are no black swans.

于是你从生活中得出结论,黑色的天鹅是不存在的

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And we need to ask in the case of higher or worthier pleasures are there theories of the good life that can provide independent moral standards for the worth of pleasures?

我们要问，就更高的或更有价值的快乐而言,是否存在“良善生活“的理论,能为快乐的价值,提供独立的道德标准？

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But on the other hand these advances have also come at a cost. And in this story there's also a sense of longing for the freedom of life in the wild--the innocent, simple, uncomplicated life lived day to day without plans, without toil, in harmony with nature Edenic a somewhat Edenic existence.

但是，换个角度来看，人类付出了代价,才得到这些优点，在这部史诗中，同样存在着,对一种纯真，简单，纯粹生活的向往,每天生活中没有计划，辛劳，与自然和平相处,就像以前的。

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