Some argue it is diverting discussion from more serious problems, like the economy.

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I would argue that there is a direct line from the Enlightenment philosophy to nihilism, that is to say a philosophy that says there are no limits to what human beings may do.

我得说启蒙哲学和虚无主义哲学,还是泾渭分明的,虚无主义者认为,人类的行为是没有限制的

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I would say that the crux, the kernel of the critique, a lot of things you can argue about-- The kernel of the critique lies in this assertion which derives its force from an interpretation of pictures on pottery.

其症结所在,批判思想的核心,很多事情都可以争论,核心在于一种论断,该论断是从彩釉的画面中,得到启示的

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Far more unrealistic would be the belief of those who argue, and I'm thinking here of names like Immanuel Kant and others from the eighteenth and nineteenth century, that one day we can abolish war altogether, and therefore abolish the passions that give rise to conflict and war.

不切实际,将是那些争辩者的信念，就像康德或其它,十八及十九世纪的思想家，幻想有一天我们可以全面终止战争，进而废除,引起冲突与战争的激情。

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