And perhaps this is that doom which Adam fell into of knowing good and evil, that is to say, of knowing good by evil.

似乎是注定了的，亚当要掉进善恶的知识中,也就是说，了解善恶。

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In other words, chance is already fated. The thing that stands for randomness in this book, the thing that looks like ordinary detail, has already been arranged to give you artistic pleasure.

换言之，机遇已经是命中注定的，这代表了,书中的那些随意安排，那些看起来普通的细节，其实已经据安排给大家一种美的享受。

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