We'd all be better off dead, " or perhaps more accurately still, " all be better off never having been born in the first place."

我们死了会更好，“或者更准确地说，“没有出生会更好“

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And many have imagined," one thinks here of Plato, perhaps, but also to Christianity" Many have imagined republics and principalities that have never been seen " or known to exist in truth.

因为已有太多的梦想家“,其中一人即柏拉图，但也可能是基督教“,“已有太多对共和,与君权的幻想,而那从来都未真实地存在。

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So musical notation: the first grid pattern in Western culture-- but it does lock us in in interesting ways that we may-- you perhaps have never considered-- compared to how music is made in other cultures.

因此音乐记谱法,是西方文化中最早的网格图示,但这也限制了我们以某种有趣的方式,你们也许从来没有想过的方式创作,相对其他文化中音乐创作的过程而言

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Just like the actual historical Napoleon kept having new beliefs and new desires, if this really was Napoleon in Michigan, he'll start having some new desires and beliefs about Michigan, which perhaps Napoleon never gave any thought to at all.Who knows?

就像历史上真正的拿破仑一样不断涌现新的信念和欲望，如果拿破仑真的出现在密西根，他将开始拥有关于密西根的新信念和欲望，这可能是拿破仑绝对没想到的，天知道呢？

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