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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  for a comfortable self-preservation
  更好的自我保护这一本能的理解
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  and discovering something the Greeks had never thought of,
  发现了古希腊人从没想过的问题
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  something they called natural rights
  他们称为天赋人权
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  that belonged to a man
  这种权利是属于人的
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  either as part of nature,
  并不是自然所给予的
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  or as the gift of a benevolent and a reasonable god.
  也不是仁慈万能的主赐予的
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  Man was seen as a solitary creature,
  人被看做是一个独立的客体
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  not inherently a part of society.
  而不天然作为社会的一部分
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  That is totally un-Greek.
  那完全是非希腊的
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  And his basic rights were seen to be absolute,
  人的基本权利被视作每个个体都绝对拥有的
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  for nothing must interfere with the right of each
  任何事物都无法干涉的
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  individual to defend his life, liberty, and property.
  自卫 自由 财产的权利