来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第1集 第1集》
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Rulers have been thought to be divine人们或笃信统治者为神 -
or appointed spokesmen for divinity.或承认他们是神在人间的代理 -
Religious and political institutions政府机构和信仰 -
and beliefs have been thoroughly intertwined渐渐成为统一体 -
as a mutually supportive unified structure.相互支撑 不可分割 -
Government has not been subject to secular reasoned analysis.政权不为世俗的理性分析所左右 -
It has rested on religious authority, tradition, and power.而以宗教权威 传统和权势为基础 -
The concept of individual freedom has had no importance在人类历史的大多数文化中 -
in these great majorities of cultures in human history.个人自由这个理念显得无足轻重 -
The first and the sharpest break with this common最早与人类社会这个普遍传统 -
human experience came in ancient Greece.相悖且最为鲜明的例子就是古希腊 -
The Greek city states called polis were republics.古希腊称其共和国为 城邦