I think it stands to reason to assume that this figure of Galileo is of some importance to Milton and the workings of the poem.

我认为理所当然应当假设,伽利略的形象对弥尔顿和诗歌的作用而言,有着无以言表的重要性。

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The mind reflects the workings of the brain just like computation reflects the working of a computer.

心理反映了大脑的活动,就像运算结果反映了计算机的运行一样

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Now, let me just make the last point I want to make about this, and that's that because language is material, it has form, it has both closedness and possibility, it's susceptible to the workings of craft, it's also unpredictable. Tosses mobius strip on floor.

让我说关于此事的最后一个观点吧，正因为语言是物质的，它有固定模式，它没有尽头又充满可能，它易受,工艺品的影响，它同时也是不可预知的。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

We don't know what--It's like the workings of our kidneys or our stomachs.

这就像是我们无法察觉,肾和胃的活动一样。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

And this is no surprise if what we are is the workings of our physical brains, but it is extremely difficult to explain if one is a dualist.

如果我们的本质就是生理大脑的活动,那这也就没什么可惊奇的,但对于二元论者来说,解释这些却是非常困难的

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选