We not only have a right to our lives but to do whatever we regard as needful to protect our lives.

这种权利不仅适用于我们的生活,还适用于我们所认为的一切可以,维护生活所需的行为。

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At any rate, the reader must regard it as creative writing rather than simply a record of life."

无论从哪一层面来看，把它当作是极具创想的作品,而不单单是生活的记录“

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But the Greek tragic view does not take either of these routes, which I regard as a relatively easy escape from the problem compared to the way the Greeks got stuck.

但希腊的悲剧意识对这两种套路都不接受,在我看,相对而言,与其困扰于此,古希腊人更愿意逃避这个问题

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