And so he concluded, "I knew that I was a substance, the whole essence or nature of which is to think, and that for its existence, there is no need of any place nor does it depend on any material thing.

因此,他总结到,"我知道我是个实体,是思考主体的本质或本性,而这种思考主体的存在,无需任何空间,也不依赖于任何有形实体

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In other words, the judgment of beauty does not depend on the existence of the object for its satisfaction.

换句话说，审美不会依赖于,事物自己的存在形式。

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What gives it its identity and ? enduring existence over time?

什么赋予它身分,且历经时间的考验？

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Pick any two perpendicular directions Then the same entity, the same arrow which has an existence of its own, independent of axis, can be described by you and me using different numbers.

选取两个互相垂直的方向,这样同样的物体,同一矢量,并且是独立于坐标轴而存在的,可以被你和我用不同的数字来描述

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It has, in other words, an internal coherence. It has a dynamism of parts that is strictly with reference to its own existence.

换句话说，这是一个内部的呼应，每一个动态的部分,只为自身整体的存在而存在。

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Every creature, he says, has a built-in desire to preserve itself, to persevere in its own existence, to continue in its own steady state you might say, and to resist invasion or encroachment by others.

他说，任何一个生物都生而具有,保护自己的本能，保护自己的存在，延续自己稳定的状态，抵抗外界的侵犯。

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