Cuz I never thought frankly in those terms, but those were issues in the period I studied and particularly in the 17th century.

坦白讲，我从未考虑过这个方面，不过它确实是我研究的时期的问题,尤其是在十七世纪。

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I was particularly interested in metaphysical poetry political philosophy -- I wrote my thesis on a radical political philosopher of the 17th century of the civil war period.

我尤其感兴趣的是玄学诗派,和政治哲学，我的毕业论文,就是有关一名激进的政治哲学家,他生活在内战的十八世纪。

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