为了解释看到的东西，他们创立理论，来阐述事情如何发生及前因后果。

To explain what they have seen, they build a theory about how things happen and the causes and effects.

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洛克于17世纪创立了这个理论。

Locke originated this theory in the 17th century.

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上溯这种毫无道理的法则的渊源并不是件难事；因为一个荒谬的理论若是被一个国家采用，那么它必定和这个国家创立和尊重的其他学说有着密切的联系。

It is not difficult to trace this senseless law to its origin; for an absurdity, adopted by a whole nation, must have some affinity with other ideas established and respected by the same nation.

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