In fact, Gadamer even insists that if we don't have this phenomenon of being pulled up short, our reading is basically just solipsistic.

事实上，葛达玛甚至坚持,如果我们没有这种“突然停下“的经历，我们的阅读基本上仅仅是以自我为中心的。

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Now, egocentrism has a meaning in common English which means to be selfish.

自我中心这个词在如今的日常英语里,是自私的意思

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There are many people who talk about this generation as the "ME" generation: all I care about, all this generation cares about is " "well,let me just make more money", " "let me just get a bigger house", "let me just be more successful and accrue more eclats, " more prestige".

很多人认为这一代人,以自我为中心，这一代人只关心,“赚更多的钱，“买大一点的房子，“更成功，取得更高荣誉，变得更有威望。

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One way in which it's limited is that children are egocentric.

局限之一,儿童是以自我为中心的

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