As Lewis Spence comments, this cult was in existence already 125 years before Plato, which means that the story could not be invented by him.

正如刘易斯·斯潘塞注释，这个祭礼在柏拉图之前125年就已经存在了，这意味着这个故事不是他编造的。

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The incandescent light bulb, invented by Thomas Edison, which came to be the symbol of inspiration, has been developed into hundreds, if not thousands, of forms.

托马斯·爱迪生发明的白炽灯成为了灵感的象征，现在已经演变成数百种甚至数千种形式了。

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If Numbers had been invented by some prehistoric genius, then learning how to use them would be a matter of intelligence and practice.

假如数字是由一些古代的天才们发明的，那么后人则需要通过思考和联系才能够学会如何使用数字。

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Actually, you would be wrong; the computer was invented in the nineteenth century by Babbage, but he didn't actually make one.

实际上，你们都错了;,电脑是在19世纪由巴贝奇发明的，不过他自己并没有真正的造出一台出来。

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And so, by and large, until this freon was invented by Midgley, there wasn't a good gas that had the right properties to be used for a refrigerant.

因此，总的说来，直到Midgley发明氟利昂，没有一个气体,能被很好的用作制冷剂。

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