It rejects the pagan idea of a realm beyond the deity, the source of mythology and magic. The affirmation that the will of God is supreme and absolutely free is a new and non-pagan category of thought".

这推翻了异教中的观点，即存在超越神性的，作为神话和巫术之源的领域，上帝的意愿是无上,并且绝对自由的，这一论断,是一个全新的且与异教思想无关的内容，“

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And another philosopher, Descartes, in thinking about God's omnipotence, thought that it wouldn't be good enough if God as omnipotent couldn't change the facts of mathematics.

另一个哲学家，笛卡尔在思考上帝万能的时候觉得，如果万能的上帝无法改变数学,那么便不能称为万能。

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They thought, oh my God, the price earnings ratio is thirty-five.

他们想,天啊,市盈率变成35了

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