They're associated now with events in the life of the new nation rather than being grounded in the cycles of nature.

他们现在同一个国家的新生联系起来,而不再是简单的自然循环。

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In other words, what they have in common with each other, ethical will and animal passion, is that they're both grounded in interest.

换句话说，道德意志和动物本性,的共同点就是，它们都建立在兴趣之上，对吧？

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We have to understand the way in which what we do and say, what we write in our papers and articles, is grounded in theoretical premises which, if we don't come to terms with them, we will simply naively reproduce without being fully aware of how we're using them and how, indeed, they are using us.

我们所为，所说，和在论文中所写的内容，是以一些理论，为前提的，如果不接受这些理论，那我们就不过是天真地重复,根本不知道,我们是如何利用它们的。

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