In the case of great philosophers, however, better yet to preserve one's physical presence in order to inspire future generations of thinkers.

但对于伟大的哲学家来说，更好的用处是，保存他的原貌,以激励后世历代的思想者。

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Sometimes there are completely new emphases and the story can come out to be a very, very different story. 1 and 2 Chronicles are a retelling and a reworking of much of the material from Genesis through 2 Kings, and it cleans up a lot of the embarrassing moments.

复述的故事会有全新的侧重点，可能和原来的故事之间,存在很大的差别，《历代志》上下就是,对从《创世记》到两部《列王纪》中大量材料的复述和,再加工，它清除了很多令人窘迫的故事。

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