I do not understand the relation among signs as a simultaneity.

我不认为符号之间的关系是同时的。

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We can't help understanding. We always already understand, which has nothing to do again with whether or not we're right or wrong.

我们控制不住地去理解，我们总是已经理解了，这与对错无关。

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But I do not believe that, objectives of crusaders were purely religious. I understand that , there were many many factors that pushed this campaign into the near east.

不过我不认为，十字军的目的是,完全宗教的，我觉得，有很多因素在背后推动,这个运动走向东方。

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It does not take one to know one; to understand the truths about the French, you do not yourself need to be French.

这不需要同类互知,你不需要是法国人,才能了解法国人

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