他们与玛丽和肯恩交往是出于真诚的感情，还是因为与这种可悲的人在一起会让他们感觉（和看起来）更好？

Do they associate with Mary and Ken out of genuine affection, or because spending time with such miserable types makes them feel (and look) better?

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他感觉自己既缺乏创造力又没有充沛的感情。

He felt creatively and emotionally sterile.

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感情缺乏控制，感觉麻木。

Feeling lack of control, feeling numb.

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So unlike those modern dualists who think we need to appeal to something immaterial in order to explain bodily sensations, Socrates thinks no, no, the body takes care of all the bodily sensations, all the desirings and the wantings and the emotions and the feelings and the cravings.

而现代的二元论者,认为需要用非物质的东西,来解释肉体上的感觉,但苏格拉底不这么想,他认为肉体负责所有的肉体上的感觉,所有的欲望,需求,感情,感觉和渴望

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