the whole section of the essay in which he's talking about classicism and which he later calls "tradition" is meant to suggest that we really can't merge horizons effectively unless we have a very broad and extensive common ground with what we're reading.

他花了一整个部分来讨论古典主义,他后来称其为，“传统“，是想要暗示,我们不可能有效地合并视界,除非我们对于我们的所读,有着极广的认识。

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