According to the standard history of American philosophy, nowhere else in colonial America was "So much importance attached to intellectual pursuits. "

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　　①The most thoroughly studied intellectuals in the history of the New World are the ministers and political leaders of seventeenth-century New England.

　　②According to the standard history of American philosophy, nowhere else in colonial America was "So much importance attached to intellectual pursuits. "

　　③According to many books and articles, New England's leaders established the basic themes and preoccupations of an unfolding, dominant Puritan tradition in American intellectual life.

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　　①在新世界历史中被研究的最透彻的知识分子就是 17 世纪新英格兰的那些教长和政治领袖们。

　　②根据美国哲学标准历史，殖民地美国没有任何其他地方比新英格兰更重视对知识和文化的追求。

　　③根据大量书籍文章记载，新英格兰的领导者们为在美国智力生活中逐渐占据统治地位的清教徒传统确立了基本主题并抢先占据了位置。