He's able to rise, to transcend the limits of his own body and station.

他可以上去，超越自己的身体和位置的极限。

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One of those sins, I think, that needs to be purged is clearly the sin of eagerness or over-anticipation, the drive to move ahead of oneself and the drive to get ahead of others .

我认为有一种罪孽需要净化，显然是欲望的罪孽,或过度预言的罪孽，想要超越自己,超越其他人,正如我们看到弥尔顿与术士们的竞争。

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Some notion of being above yourself and thinking yourself more than a man with the implication that you are approaching some kind of divinity by being more than a man, and acting accordingly,which usually requires that you use violence to achieve what you want.

某种超越自我的信念,认为自己不只是凡人,这就暗示了,你正接近某种神灵,为此,通常需要使用暴力,来达成所愿

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