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この世に存在しているものは何であれ、寄って立つべき基礎、成長の基点となるべき根、柔軟性を与えるべき関節、そして、全体からみると一部に過ぎないがそこに全体の実存の重みをすべてかける上で欠くことのできない[多分超越者=神との]接続点となる「何か」、を持たねばならない、ということは、数学のなんらかの概念と同じぐらい確かで、明らかな事実である。 * It is X that-節/ 「that-節 は Xである」 * , as certain as anything in mathematics,/ (挿入句、分詞構文のbeing省略と見ても良い, 分詞構文の主語は主節の主語it) 「数学における何か(の概念)と同じぐらい明らか(に言えること)だが」程度の意 * that-節/ (このthat節は、文末まで続く) * whatever exists/ == anything that exists(この世に)「存在しているものは何でも」==「何であれ(この世に)存在しているものは、」 * a basis on which to stand/ 「(その存在が)寄って立つべき基礎」 * the complete whole/ 上手く訳せない 「完全な全体」では直訳すぎて意味不明で駄目と思う。"部分"にたいして、"全部そろったという意味での全体"、という意味だと思うから、簡単に「全体」とした。 * point of attachment/ attachmentには、接続という物理的な意味の背後に、愛情・忠誠心というもう一つの精神的な意味がある。よって、この文脈では,両方のイメージを読者になげかけ、キリスト(神)への接続を齎すような、信仰・信念を含意していると思われる。そう見ると、[基盤]、[根]、[関節]、と来て、最も重要な最後に[何か]somehtingと一層抽象的な表現になり、特別に長い説明を費やしているのも、宗教的な重要性の話をしているのだと推定すると、作者の意図がよく了解される。 *また「何か」something という語なのは、作者には特定できないということを言いたいのでは「なく」、「人それぞれに異なる」のだから、somethingといわざるを得ない、ということをいいたい、のだと見る。そのsomethingがなんであるかは、その人が自分で見出すしかない、という意味から選ばれた語、somethingだと見ます。 *つまり、信仰など精神性のことは、個人の個性に強くかかわるので、point of attachmentの形態も個人によって異なるはずで、作者としては、特定せず、something といわざるを得ない、と考えると、作者の意図がよく了解されるように思われた。

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