The work is not, in a sense, written simply as a sort of timeless philosophical treatise, but as a dramatic dialogue with a setting, a cast of characters and a firm location in time and place.

但本书的著作目的，不仅是,永恒的的哲学论述，更是戏剧性的对话，内含场景，人物,及一个确切时间与位置。

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But something that tugs at an idea or a feeling that you really can't define or name, that is timeless.

但那些激发你某种莫名的想法或感觉的东西，却是永恒的。

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