It seems formal and analytical in contrast to Machiavelli's combination of historical commentary and reflection drawn from personal experience.

它看起来更正式，分析得更透彻,这是与马基雅维利的,从个人经验出发,历史性的评论和反思相结合相比。

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The fact of the matter is, demon theory doesn't do a very good job of explaining disease, while germ theory does do a good job.

事实上,恶魔理论并不能很好地解释疾病的问题,而微生物理论却能将问题分析得很透彻

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I don't expect you to learn that, or even retain it unless I explain the concepts in class, or unless they're explained quite well in the paper itself.

我不要求你们掌握这个,更别提记忆了,除非我在课上做了讲解,或者它们在文章中解释的非常透彻了

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