他作为门神的工作是检查事物的开端，象征性地通过一道门。

His job as god of doorways was to oversee the beginnings of things, symbolized by passing through a doorway.

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公正的认准每件事物是智慧的开端。

Thee beginning of wisdom is to call things by their rightful names.

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根据《形而上学》第五章，先天的事物必定更为接近开端，因此，在没有开端的地方，无法在断定某物在本质上比其他优先。

Thirdly, to be prior , according to Bk. V of the Metaphysics, a thing must be nearer the beginning. Consequently, where there is no beginning, nothing can be essentially prior to anything else.

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