And in any event, our primary concern is with the program of the texts as they stand before us: is there a symbolism operating here?

无论如何，我们主要关心的，是摆在我们眼前的,这些计划大纲：存在象征主义吗？

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There was no separate caste of priests and there was very little concern, I don't mean any concern, but very little concern with life after death which was universally important in other civilizations.

没有独立的教会阶层,城邦里的人们很少关注来生这个概念,很少关注,不是说完全没有关注,此观念在当时的其他文明中是极为重要的

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