Philosophy begins by finding mysterious the things that are prosaic 里的 find + adj + the + n. 是怎么回事？

Find + obj. + adjectival phrase 这样的用法很常见：

These things are prosaic. But I do find them mysterious.

如果你想两句凑成一句，就得说：

I do find the things [that are prosaic] mysterious.

这样的问题是，从句中表语性质的 prosaic 和主句中定语性质的 mysterious 两个意思相反的形容词紧挨在一起，容易让阅读者糊涂—— the things 本身的属性到底是 prosaic 还是 mysterious，哪种又是我 find 到的感受？解决方法就是前置定语，将 mysterious 放到宾语前面去，宾语本身的定语从句仍旧留在后面。尤其是（麻烦下次给例句给完整些）在

Philosophy begins by finding utterly mysterious the things that are most prosaic.

这样的长句里，如果不提前的话，会变为：

Philosophy begins by finding the things that are most prosaic utterly mysterious.

此外我个人理解是，这是仅限于书面语的一种修辞方法，不会在普通人口语中出现。口头表达时，微小的停顿足以暗示哪里是从句的终结，书面语同样可以加入逗号来达到这个目的：

Philosophy begins by finding the things, that are most prosaic, utterly mysterious.

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