How could you develop an argument in which a thought like that might actually seem to work? After all, Foucault--setting himself aside, he doesn't mention himself--Foucault very much admires certain writers.

你如何为这样一个看起来可能的想法,去辩护呢？毕竟，福柯--不谈他自己，他从不提到自己-福柯很钦佩一些作家。

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If we make--If we solve the problem of boredom setting in with progressive memory loss and radical personality changes, maybe boredom won't set in, but it's not anything that I especially want for myself.

如果用持续失忆,和剧烈人格变化来解决无聊的问题，也许不会产生无聊，但那不是我特别想做的事。

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