We control how we use time, we control the temperature in the environment, and hermetically seal ourselves in things.

我们控制时间的利用，我们控制周边环境的温度,我们把自己封闭在各种事务中，与世隔绝。

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First of all, it's really hard to figure out where everything is, where everything goes, making sure I'm in the right place.

第一，很难判断事务的位置,事物的走向，还有确定自己处于正确的位置。

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He argued that this John Milton fellow simply couldn't be heeded on matters of the church, or on matters of the state, because Milton himself had absolutely no moral authority.

他批判到,弥尔顿根本不重视教会事务，或者国家事物，因为弥尔顿自己就没有绝对的道德权威。

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What does Socrates mean when he says his way of life has been devoted almost exclusively ? to private rather than to public matters?

当苏格拉底说,自己的生活方式,只专注在私人而非公共事务时,是什么意思？

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