Art initially does not have any essence and its existence precedes its essence. That is an undisputed fact.

艺术原无本质，艺术的存在先于其本质，这似乎是无可怀疑的事实。

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If, moreover, existence precedes essence and we will to exist at the same time as we fashion our image, that image is valid for all and for the entire epoch in which we find ourselves.

进言之，如果存在先于本质，而当我们存在的时候，我们也在创造我们的形象，则这个形象是适用于所有人类和我们所处的整个时代的。

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Here again, the essence of man precedes that historic existence which we confront in experience.

在这里又和上面一样，人的本质先于我们在经验中所遭逢到的历史存在。

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