Once again you see that hermeneutics enters a field when the meaning of something becomes more important and when that meaning is recognized to be difficult to grasp.

你们再次看到诠释学,进入这样一个领域,意义的理解很重要，也很难把握。

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It has to do with the god Hermes who conveyed language to man, who was in a certain sense, among many other functions, the god of communication, and hermeneutics is, after all, obviously about communication.

它与赫耳墨斯，即教给人类语言的神祇有关，从某种意义上来说，赫耳墨斯是沟通之神，所以诠释学显然和沟通交流有关。

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The secular approach is very, very Greek versus a religious approach.

相比宗教对生命意义的诠释,这种世俗的诠释方式是非常非常希腊化的

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