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One of the numerous things in heaven and earth that these philosophers didn't dream about was this (he waved his hand),
天地之間有一種哲學(xué)家們連做夢也沒有想到過的存在，那就是我們，（他揮舞著一只手）
us, the modern world. 'You can only be independent of God while you've got youth and prosperity;
就是我們這個現(xiàn)代的世界。你只能在獲得青春和昌盛之時對上帝獨立。
independence won't take you safely to the end.
獨立并不能把你安全地送到最后。
Well, we've now got youth and prosperity right up to the end.
可是我們卻自始至終得到了青春和繁榮，
What follows? Evidently, that we can be independent of God.
隨之而來的能有什么？顯然我們是能夠獨立于上帝之外的。
The religious sentiment will compensate us for all our losses.
宗教情緒將彌補我們的一切損失。
But there aren't any losses for us to compensate; religious sentiment is superfluous.
可是我們并沒有需要彌補的損失；宗教情緒是多余的東西。
And why should we go hunting for a substitute for youthful desires,
既然青年時期的欲望全都可以滿足，
when youthful desires never fail?
為什么還要尋求那欲望的代用品呢？
A substitute for distractions, when we go on enjoying all the old fooleries to the very last?
既然我們能夠從自古以來的種種胡鬧活動獲得盡情的享受，為什么還要追求那類娛樂的代用品呢？
What need have we of repose when our minds and bodies continue to delight in activity?
既然我們的身心都能在活動中不斷獲得愉悅，為什么還要休息呢？
of consolation, when we have soma? of something immovable, when there is the social order?
既然我們有唆麻，為什么還需要安慰呢？既然我們已經(jīng)獲得了社會秩序，為什么還需要追求永恒呢？”
