来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代社会理论基础 第12集 第12集》

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  Well he was a creative scholar, a vibrant mind,
  他是一个非常聪明而且善于变通的学者
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  who was ready to change his mind when
  当他面对新的论争和证据时
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  confronted with new arguments or confronted with new evidence.
  他总是乐于改变自己的想法
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  And there were many, many facets, many faces of Karl Marx.
  同时马克思是一个非常多面的人
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  We have seen some of those. Right?
  我们也已经了解到了
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  We have seen Marx, starting as a Hegelian idealist,
  我们知道马克思最开始是黑格尔派的
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  being obsessed with the idea of alienation,
  着迷于异化理论
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  disappointed with Hegel's fluffy idea of alienation,
  然后他对黑格尔空洞的异化理论感到失望
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  bringing it closer to home, bringing it more down to earth,
  于是他开始使之更加具体 实用
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  making probably some reductionist mistake in the process,
  也许在这一过程中犯下了一些简单化的错误
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  then abandoning it and turning into a materialist
  然后他放弃了该理论转向了唯物主义
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  somewhat hesitantly and reluctantly.
  虽然有一些犹豫和勉强