Another upheaval within Christianity arising from its focus on individual salvation, its inheritance of a tradition of penetrating reason, applied even to matters of faith and to the continuing struggle between church and state.

这是基督教内部的另一次大变革,它所注重的是自我拯救,它对于深刻理性传统的继承,不仅在信仰中得以体现,也在政教斗争中表现的淋漓尽致

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We'll see more about that in a minute, in part because of its overwhelming religious influence and that's one reason, besides the quest for a port on the sea, why he builds St. Petersburg.

稍后,我们会再次谈到这一点,他之所以建造圣彼得堡,除了要建立一个出海口这个原因,还因为莫斯科的宗教势力根深蒂固

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If you've ever noticed, Mac OS has its Apple menu on the top left and Windows has its start menu in the bottom left, really for no compelling reason.

如果你注意到，你会发现，Mac操作系统,在其左上角是Apple菜单，Windows却把它的开始菜单,放在左下角，毫无理由可言。

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