He had this intellectual curiosity that defied the kind of orthodox religious skepticism about any kind of rational belief.

他的求知欲使得他藐视传统宗教对于任何理性观点的怀疑。

And for some people, this doesn't work and they're forced to build more agency over their rational beliefs than this and construct their norms rationally.

对于某些人来说，这是行不通的，他们被迫在自己的理性信念之上建立更多的代理机构，并理性地构建自己的规范。