Considered with respect to its intrinsic nature, technological civilization presents certain precise characteristics.

就其内在本质而言， 技术文明呈现出某些明确的特征。

The question remains whether there is any other method of discovering the intrinsic nature of physical objects.

问题仍然是是否有任何其他方法可以发现物理对象的内在本质。

Is there a table which has a certain intrinsic nature, and continues to exist when I am not looking, or is the table merely a product of my imagination, a dream-table in a very prolonged dream?

是否有一张桌子具有某种内在的性质， 并且在我不看的时候继续存在， 或者这张桌子只是我想象的产物， 一个很长的梦中的梦桌？