来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介第1集第1集》

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
for nothing must interfere with the right of each

任何事物都无法干涉的
individual to defend his life, liberty, and property.

自卫自由财产的权利
Freedom was threatened in early modern times

自由权利在近现代初期曾因为
by the emergence of

君主制的兴起
monarchies that might have been able to crush it.

而处于被毁灭的边缘
But the cause of individual freedom

但是由于个人自由运动
was enhanced by the Protestant Reformation.

因新教改革而得到大大增强
Another upheaval within Christianity arising

这是基督教内部的另一次大变革
from its focus on individual salvation,

它所注重的是自我拯救
its inheritance of a tradition of penetrating reason,

它对于深刻理性传统的继承
applied even to matters of faith

不仅在信仰中得以体现