He sees as really a temptation of the Serpent to remove him from his people and the meaning of his people's history.

其实，他面临的是，撒旦的诱惑,迷惑他脱离他的族群,脱离族群的历史。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

He wrote a long and detailed history of Britain, attempting to create the meaning of that little island that he always assumed was God's chosen nation.

他写了一部长而具体的英国史，试图论证这座小岛的重大意义,他一直相信英国是上帝所选的国度。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

To know history, put on the god's knowledge with his power, would be to have access to history's meaning, and therefore to be more than merely subject to it, subject to its capricious and violating forces.

懂得历史，把上帝之智与力结合，才能接近历史的真实意义，否则只是受过历史的影响而已，被动无力地承受着历史的影响。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

It's seeking to ascertain the meaning of events to draw larger philosophical, ideological conclusions from the events of history, and to point to the larger purpose or design of history, not to say just what happened, but to say why it happened and what it means for us today that it did happen.

它致力于查明事件的意义,得出哲学性的思想性的结论，从历史事件中，并且指出历史图景中的宏观目的，不说发生了什么，而阐明为什么它会发生,而它发生了对于今天的我们有何意义。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Finally this may be news to you, but this is not English 10A or Math 55, meaning you'll not have to read as much as you will read for 10A or for a history class, and this class is not as difficult as Math 55 so you rest.

最后这个可能对你们来说有些新，但这不是10A号英语课和55号数学课，也就是说你不用像10A号课或者历史课那样做大量的阅读，也不像55号数学课一样难，所以你们可以轻松些。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选