That is the dominant sort of paradigm of what life is all about, at least in the Western world and a good deal more of it where the West has had an influence.

这可以说是有关生命的一种主导范式,至少对于西方世界,以及受西方影响的其他国家是如此

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He says, "They aren't authors. They're founders of discursivity," and then he grants that it's kind of difficult to distinguish between a founder of discursivity and an author who has had an important influence. Right?

他说：“他们不是作者，他们是散漫性的创始人“,然后他认为很难区分,究竟散漫性的创始人和作者,哪个的影响更重要，对吗？

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