The Enlightenment tries to replace fantasy with knowledge, however, the knowledge's essence is technology; it is only an instrument or means. The Enlightenment reason evolves into instrumental reason.

启蒙要用知识代替想象，而技术是这种知识的本质，它只是一种工具或手段，启蒙理性演变成工具理性。

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Existence is the means, or the instrument, for action.

存在是行动的手段或工具。

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"Delivery", with respect to an instrument, document of title, or chattel paper, means voluntary transfer of possession.

涉及票据、所有权凭证或动产契据时，“交付”指自愿转移占有。

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Most family lawyers of my acquaintance, as well as the majority of divorced couples, would acknowledge that the exchange of money at the time of divorce serves as a means to salve wounds or an instrument of revenge against disappointing spouses.

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