他们相信画中的动物是那个时代的象征和精神生活的中心。

They believe that the animals painted were those central to the symbolic and spiritual life of the times.

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他们相信，画上的动物是那个时代的象征和精神生活的中心，是在人们心中代表着某种深刻和精神的东西的动物。

They believe that the animals painted were those central to the symbolic and spiritual life of the times, animals that represented something deep and spiritual to the people.

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那么关于动物的意识或对自我的意识、及它们的精神状态方面，所有这些东西告诉了我们什么信息呢？

So what does all this tell us about animals' consciousness or animals' awareness of themselves and their state of mind?

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