We celebrate that day like the Valentine's Day in Western culture."

VOA: special.2010.02.08

Musical notation was the first graph in Western culture.

音乐记谱法是西方文化中第一种图示法

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

So musical notation: the first grid pattern in Western culture-- but it does lock us in in interesting ways that we may-- you perhaps have never considered-- compared to how music is made in other cultures.

因此音乐记谱法,是西方文化中最早的网格图示,但这也限制了我们以某种有趣的方式,你们也许从来没有想过的方式创作,相对其他文化中音乐创作的过程而言

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

There's a real sense, I think, in which Milton wanted to re-create all of Western culture or to re-create all of Western culture in his own image.

我认为，米尔顿想要完全重建西方文化,或者说是按他自身的形象重建西方文化,是有切实意义的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

In other words, he's thinking about the development of Western culture.

换句话说，德里达在思考西方文化的发展。

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