with a war always ragging within the soul of Western civilization

这两种西方的文明精髓总是此消彼长
and it's never perfectly clear

而且永远不会明确地告诉你
which of the two approaches to life is the better one.

哪一种对生活更好
I don't know whether any of you have ever thought about this,

不知道你们是否考虑过这个问题
and anything like this way.

或者以这种方式考虑问题
But if you contemplate your own way of thinking

如果你以自己的思维方式沉思
about what you're supposed to be doing with your life.

为了生活你应该去做什么
I think you will find some combination,

我认为如果你是典型西方人的话
if you're sort of typical,

你会发现它们之间的一些关联
but that combination doesn't ever have to be fifty-fifty,

但是它们的组合永远都不必是五五开
and I'm sure it very rarely is.

并且我确信五五开的情况是极少的
More typically,one aspect of the culture

更普遍的是文化中某一部分