He had lived ( without being aware of it ) on those spiritual truths that he had sucked in with his mother ’ s milk , but he had thought , not merely without recognition of these truths , but studiously ignoring them .
Он жил (сам того не сознавая) теми духовными истинами, которые впитал с молоком матери, но мыслил не только не признавая этих истин, но старательно игнорируя их.