It was a complete waste of time, unless the goal in life was simply to pester the user for some input.

刚才的时间就完全浪费了，除非那个唯一的目的,是简单地纠缠用户索要一些输入。

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For Aristotle, human beings have a goal or a telos, which is to live a life in community with others for the sake of human flourishing.

亚里士多德认为，人类是有目的的，这个目的就是，与他人住在一起,最终达到人类的生生不息。

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