Even what we think in our vulgar ways to be inanimate objects - even they seem to have within them something like a potency, a potency of life or an infusion of divine spirit.

即使是那些我们以通俗的眼光看来没有生命的物体,-即使是它们也有一种潜质，一种生命的潜质，似乎被注入了神灵。

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So, we are basically dealing with inanimate objects.

我们基本上都是研究非生命体的

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