René Descartes in his book, Meditations (1642), discussed the idea that he might be deceived by a malign genius, "some evil demon, who has used all his artifice to deceive me".

勒奈·笛卡儿在他的著作《沉思集》（1642）中讨论了这样的想法：他可能被一个邪恶的天才所欺骗。 “某个恶毒的魔鬼，已用尽他的所有诡计来蒙骗我。”

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In an attempt to provide a firm foundation for knowledge, he began his Meditations by clearing the philosophical ground through doubting all that could be doubted.

在试图为知识建立坚实基础的尝试中，他开始通过怀疑一切能被怀疑的对象来理清哲学立场，以这样的方式开始了《第一哲学沉思录》的创作。

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For a minute, the notion that this was an extension of the film, with all of its meditations on destruction and burned ruin, crossed my mind.

一时间，我突然想到，这就像是那部电影的延伸——毁灭性的燃烧成灰烬的画面。

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You also do walking meditation, you can do mantra meditation, you can do all sorts of meditations that can be seen as a step towards maintaining the state of mindfulness at all points of your daily life, which is impossible unless you're a monk for a very long time.

还有行禅，曼怛罗冥想，你可以进行各种冥想修行,都可被视为正迈向,在日常生活的每时每刻,保持警醒，这几乎不可能实现,除非你是修行多年的僧侣。

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But my favorite part of Meditations is the way Marcus begins by paying homage to all the people who had such a positive impact on his life.

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