Not because they had found some final peace or transcendence, but because they were so repulsed by what their lives had become -- in a word, cut off, or ugly.
Nevis tāpēc, ka viņi bija atraduši mieru vai transcendenci, bet tāpēc, ka viņiem bija kļuvusi pretīga pašu dzīve. Vienā vārdā – izolēta vai pretīga.