来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1600年后西方社会的流行病第2集第2集》

but has a natural cause,

它也是由一个自然的原因引起
like other afflictions.

就像其它令人苦恼的疾病一样
Men regard its nature and cause as divine,

人们由于无知和惊讶
from ignorance and wonder.

而把癫痫的自然原因认为是神圣的
And this notion of its divinity

正是由于这种神化的观点
is kept up by their inability to comprehend it.

让我们无法真正了解这个疾病
Neither truly do I count it as a worthy opinion

我也不认为癫痫是
to hold that the body of man is polluted by God;

由于人体被上帝污染了
the most impure by the most holy.

最肮脏的肉体被最神圣的力量污染
For were the body defiled,

关于人体被污损
it would be likely to be purified and sanctified,

它更像是被净化了或者神圣化了
rather than polluted.

而不是被污染了