He attempts to detach himself from the material world.
他试图让自己从物质世界中超脱出来。
The former insists that the subject should empathize with the object while the latter demands that the subject should detach himself from the object.
前者强调审美须移情于物,后者则要求审美者与外物分离。
Previously he had been inclined to detach himself from the plight of victims of tragedy, not out of callousness but a sort of incuriosity.
从前,由于不好奇而非出于冷漠,他总是倾向于把自己从受害者的困境中分离出来。