Kind of pleasant, I guess, right? " The desire to return to the quiescence of the organic world."

听起来还不错，不是吗？,“希望回到静态的无机世界的愿望“

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It wants to live a life of a certain magnitude, but with a view to achieving the ultimate desired end, which is to return to an inorganic state on its own terms.

它们希望生命有意义，但是还是带这完成最终愿望的心态，那就是回到最初的无生命状态。

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The philosopher-king, he tells us, may be an object of hope or wish but Plato realizes that this possibility is not really to be expected.

他告诉我们，哲学家国王也许是希望或愿望的目标,但柏拉图了解到,这种可能性不是真的值得期待。

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Even if the research doesn't always communicate good news, it's about communicating what works, what is real, as opposed to our dreams , our desires, our hopes, our wishes-- that's not enough.

即使研究并非总是传达好消息，它传达的是行之有效的方法，可为的方式而不是空洞的梦想，渴望，希望，愿望-,那远远不够。

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