of their original conceptual content -- space, time and force -- and apply them to new abstract domains, therefore allowing a species that evolved to deal with rocks and tools and animals, to conceptualize mathematics, physics, law and other abstract domains.
原先的实际内容就淡化了 空间、时间和力-- 而它们却被用在全新的抽象领域里 如此就使得我们这个原本是进化出来 和石头、工具与动物打交道的种群 能够形成数学、物理、法律等等概念 涉足其他抽象的领域