This is a way of conceiving his activity as a poet but it's also, as we'll see, a way of conceiving, in fact, culture and human history in general.

这是一种看待他作为诗人,种种活动的方式，实际上也是总的来看待，文化和人类历史的方式。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

I had an opportunity in the late 80s and early 90s, working with a small foundation in New York, to begin cultural activities in Vietnam before normalization of relations between the US and Vietnam.

我在八十年代末九十年代初曾经有幸，在纽约的一个小型基金会工作，和越南开展一些文化活动,那时美国和越南还未实现外交关系正常化。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Reason, although it was employed for all sorts of practical and intellectual purposes in some of these cultures, it still lacked independence from religion and it lacked the high status to challenge the most basic received ideas.

尽管在这些文化中,理性在只是理论上,实际活动中都有被利用,但是它始终无法与宗教割裂,地位也很低,而不被大多数人接受

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选