The Greek pagan world was a different world by itself and therefore their conception of man was also quite different.

希腊的异教世界是一个完全不同的世界，所以他们对于人类的观念也是十分不同的。

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They're not actually present in the real world of Milton's hell, or if it's a pagan god who's mentioned, Milton will tell us that the pagan god was just an early manifestation of one of the fallen angels.

事实上他们没有在弥尔顿笔下的地狱中出现，或者作为异教的神被提及，弥尔顿将告诉我们那些异教的神只是堕落天使中,一名天使早期的表象。

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As historian of science Stanley Jaki spent his life documenting, the pagan world view was one of endless cycles, of oscillations, of rise and fall, golden ages of glory, bronze ages of decline, iron and stone ages of despair, with no genuine permanent progress.

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Christ was born into the Pagan world of Rome, a world of cyclical despair.

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