As I say, it's a wonderful irony that this particular difficulty in reading is precisely what Gadamer calls being pulled up short.

如我所说，这是个有趣的讽刺，这个阅读中特别的困难,正是葛达玛说的因某事“突然停住“

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Is it a book about what we today might call moral psychology ? and the right ordering of the human soul, which is a prominent theme addressed in this work?

或是一本,我们在今日所谓道德心理学,及人类灵魂之正义规范的书，因这些重要的主题正是本作品所大量陈述？

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