The British occupation of Afghanistan, in place since 1839, was no longer tenable.
自1839年,英国占领了阿富汗;而此时,英国已无法继续维持对阿富汗的占领。
And all this is established by abstract logical reasoning professing to find self-contradictions in the categories condemned as mere appearance, and to leave no tenable alternative to the kind of Absolute which is finally affirmed to be real.
所有这一切都是通过抽象的推建立起来的,这些推声称在被谴责为仅仅是表象的范畴中发现自相矛盾,并且没有为最终被确认为真实的那种绝对留下任何可行的选择。