even a superficial acquaintance with the existence, through millennia of time, of numberless human beings
helps to correct the normal adolescent inclination to relate the world to oneself instead of relating oneself to the world. 위의 문장에서 전체 주어가 a superficial acquaintance with the existence이고 본동사가 helps to ~로 연결되는게
맞는지 확인하고 싶습니다.
(human beings 다음에 콤마(,)가 안나와서 헷갈려서요!)