But the fact is it's a state function, in a general way.

事实上这也是个态函数，是普遍成立的。

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The answer lies in "a universal attribute of instinct and perhaps of organic life in general," that "an instinct is an urge inherent in organic life to restore an earlier state of things."

答案就在本能,或者生命机体中“,他说：，“本能就是生命体与生俱来的,想要回到最初状态的驱动力“

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Christianity began as a persecuted religion that ultimately captured the Roman empire only after centuries of hostility towards the Empire, towards Rome, towards the secular state in general.

基督教最初作为被迫害的宗教,最终征服了整个罗马帝国,而在此之前,它经过了数世纪,对帝王对罗马以及,对整个世俗世界的反抗

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