To explain the conditions of that dependence, we have, first of all, to reinstate the conception of the expression of will, referring it to man, and not to the Deity.

为了说清楚这种依赖关系的条件，我们首先应当确定意志表现的概念，承认它是属于人的，而不是属于神的。

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The deity is the will of nature. It is in everyone's heart.

所谓的神性就是自然的意志，它就在我们每个人的心里。

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It rejects the pagan idea of a realm beyond the deity, the source of mythology and magic. The affirmation that the will of God is supreme and absolutely free is a new and non-pagan category of thought".

这推翻了异教中的观点，即存在超越神性的，作为神话和巫术之源的领域，上帝的意愿是无上,并且绝对自由的，这一论断,是一个全新的且与异教思想无关的内容，“

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