Rationality, by this yardstick (and irrationality too, but we’ll get to that) is nothing more or less than a servant of the hard-wired compulsion to triumph in the debating arena.

这样说来，理性（也包括非理性，我们后面将要谈到）不过是辩论赛场上强行组配起来去战胜对手的奴仆。

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This is the time to look for projects that open up huge requirements not only by virtue of their scale and timing but also by virtue of their compulsion.

现在正是时候扩大工程需求，不仅要扩大工程规模，还要降低价格。

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Quite where the insane idea of playing a concerto before the annual gathering of most of the greatest living horn players came from is hard to tell, but the result is a marvellous memoir of a year's obsession that should be read by anyone gripped by illogical compulsion.

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