And i think this is the goal of my lifetime to at some point be able to reach the bottom.

可以说，找到这其中的根本原因,是我一生的所求。

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For the simple reason that the number of possible chess games is so huge, that computers can't calculate it.

原因很简单,棋局的潜在变数相当之大,以至于计算机根本无法将其完全计算出来

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There must be fundamental reasons for it and I wanted to go over some of the fundamental reasons why we have banks.

它的形成必有其根本的原因,下面我就阐述银行产生的一些基本原因,为什么会有银行

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But what he's capturing is the logic, the ultimate causation of our feelings towards our kin.

但他在运用逻辑，我们对亲人有感情的根本原因。

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So, what you might say is a Socratic citizen to do, he will either be accused of being ironic and not be believed or he will simply be disbelieved if he attempts to defend himself on rational or philosophical grounds.

你可能会说，一位苏格拉底时代公民被指控的原因,可能是嘲讽和不被相信,或根本就不被信任,如果他试图,从理性或达观的立场来捍卫自己。

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