来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代社会理论基础 第9集 第9集》

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  cannot completely fit.
  并不能恰如其分地描述它
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  Therefore, in the act of cognition--
  因此 当我们认知世界时
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  when we try to understand something--
  当我们试图理解某事物时
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  we select from the world stuff which is important for us.
  我们刻意选择了对我们重要的因素
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  This is why it's things for themselves.
  这就是为什么这是自为之物
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  We select, in the process of cognition, of learning,
  在认知和学习过程中
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  from the world elements what is useful for us.
  我们从外部世界中选出对我们有用的部分
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  So, I mean,
  所以 我的意思是
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  in some ways already Kant suggested that
  在某种程度上 康德指出
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  there is something problematic with the human consciousness. Right?
  人类意识存在问题
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  We have to subject this human consciousness to critical scrutiny,
  我们必须对人类意识严格审查
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  and to be aware that the
  并意识到