He was more accustomed to cocktail party chatter than to political or philosophical discussions.

比起政治或者哲学讨论，他更习惯于鸡尾酒会上的闲谈。

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This isn't an idle or philosophical question.

这不是一个无聊的或哲学的问题。

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This is not a lecture on any particular subject according to certain disciplines, scientific or philosophical.

这不是针对某些学科关于任何特定专题的科学或哲学讲座。

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Israel's acceptance of a relationship with God doesn't stem from mystical introspection, or philosophical speculation, Levenson says.

犹太人接受与上帝的关系并不来自于,神秘的内省，或者是出于投机心理，Levenson说。

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So, what you might say is a Socratic citizen to do, he will either be accused of being ironic and not be believed or he will simply be disbelieved if he attempts to defend himself on rational or philosophical grounds.

你可能会说，一位苏格拉底时代公民被指控的原因,可能是嘲讽和不被相信,或根本就不被信任,如果他试图,从理性或达观的立场来捍卫自己。

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They are talking about abstract intellectual ideas, often religious or philosophical ones, and that, plus its setting: I hope you noticed the sort of New Havenish setting of Franny's breakdown.

他们在谈论一些抽象的智力观念，通常是关于宗教或哲学的，除了它的设置，我希望你们注意到那种,弗兰尼崩溃的新的Havenish设定。

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How do you make difficult choices about tactics or strategy or philosophical direction when everyone has an equal say?

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Often, images of Buenos Aires icons such as tango singer Carlos Gardel grace the oval centre of fileteado compositions, and they are almost always accompanied by a phrase or popular saying, whether humorous, emotional or philosophical.

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And so it showed that we cannot simply assume that the only cooperation that existed in the world among terrorist groups and their sponsors was on some kind of pure ideological or philosophical lines.

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