Now, it's not my purpose here to try to argue for or against Platonism with regard to abstract entities.

我的目的不是,试图去辩护或者反对,柏拉图哲学中的抽象实体这个概念

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It's not my purpose or intention here to try to argue you out of your religious beliefs or to argue against your religious beliefs.

但那不是我的目的,我不会因为你的宗教信仰和你争辩,或者跟它对立。

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And my purpose will be not to say something as a postulate, but to show you where everything comes from, and it's best for you if you try to follow the logic.

我的目的不是,简单地告诉你们一个假说,而是给你们讲清楚这个理论的来龙去脉,如果你们能理解推导过程那就再好不过

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In the first lecture, I talked about a lot of things, but one theme that comes to my mind is the theme of the moral purpose and mission of the finance community.

第一课里，我讲了很多东西，但中心主旨,就是金融界的道德目标和使命。

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