The circuitous, logical route that we had to take in order to arrive at this new sense of Satan's size has everything to do with our status as temporally bound, temporally constrained readers.

我们需要经历一个迂回曲折的逻辑过程,来从新的意义上理解撒旦的高大,和我们目前处在的，作为世俗压制下的读者的地位，有着紧密的联系。

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He journeys heroically through chaos in order to find that new planet that he had heard about in heaven, and he's stopped by a figure who holds the keys to hell's gate and who can determine who is able to leave and who is able to enter.

他英勇地穿越过混乱以找到他在天堂听闻过的新星球,他被一个人拦下了,这个人掌管着地狱大门的钥匙并能决定,谁能够从此间进出。

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