You'll probably remember that he says early in the essay that in order to recognize that we are in the presence of something that isn't merely within our own historical horizon, we need to be "pulled up short."

你们大概记得他在论文前面就讲过,为了意识到自己不仅仅在,一些我们时期出现的东西周围，我们需要“突然停下“

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