A mule is not spending 1/2 of its time as a donkey, and 1/2 of its time as a horse, we don't see it flickering back and forth between the two, that's not what we see.

骡子并不是一半的时间是驴，另一半的时间是马，我们不会看到它在两者之间来回变化，这不是我们所看到的情况。

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The classical, Gadamer argues, is that which doesn't just speak to its own historical moment but speaks for all time, speaks to all of us in different ways but does speak to us--that is to say, does proffer its claim to speak true. The classical can do that.

伽达默尔表示，古典，不是只对自己所处的历史时刻适用,而是任何时期都适用，以不同的方式对我们适用,但确实对我们适用，也就是说，确实可以提供真相，古典可以做到这一点。

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