related to knowledge; how can you know your past?

与此认识相关你如何得知你的过去
This is a problem in the novel,

这是本书提出的问题
and it's a feature of the quest element.

也是求索因素的一个特征
And I'll say more about that in my second lecture on the novel,

我会在本书的第二节课时多讲
but I think it has to do with a vague understanding

但我认为它与一种模糊的概念有关
that is imagined to illuminate the world as a result of desire's fulfillment,

即设想点亮世界是欲望满足的结果
or almost fulfillment.

或基本满足
But that theme of sex and desire

但关于性爱和欲望的主题
is abstracted into lots of other forms.

被以很多抽象方式表现出来
And the couple that I want to look at--

有对夫妻我看看
one is sort of religious.

其中一个类似教徒
This is on 140.

这在140页