The copula 'is' springs from the nature of the notion, to be self-identical even in parting with its own.

联系词“是”是从概念的本性里产生的，因为概念具有在其外在化里和自身同一的本性。

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The first of these functions is that of self-identical universality, as it were the neutral first water, in which everything is involved, but nothing as yet discriminated.

其中第一环节就是一个自身同一的普遍性，就好像那中和性的最初的水一样，这里面包含着一切，但是还没有任何东西区分开来。

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I've been looking at what self-proclaimed experts were saying about unemployment during the Great Depression; it was almost identical to what Very Serious People are saying now.

我一直在翻看大萧条时期自称专家的人对失业问题的观点；这几乎和现在那些“非常严肃的人”所说的如出一辙。

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Despite the nearly identical profiles, Heidi was deemed self-promoting, less likeable and less worthy to be hired than the male counterpart.

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Grown in a petri dish, the synthetic bacterium looks almost identical to the natural version and can similarly self-replicate.

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