The truth seems to be that a long line of disillusive centuries has permanently displaced the Hellenic idea of life, or whatever it may be called.

实际的情况似乎是多少个世纪以来，幻想已破灭，已经把那种希腊的人生观，或者也可以用任何其它名字来称呼的观念，永久地替换了。