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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  all that remains is will and power,
  那么世间就只剩下了权力和欲望
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  where the only law is the law of tooth and claw.
  而这世间唯一准则就只剩下了弱肉强食
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  There is no protection for the freedom of weaker individuals,
  这对于弱者是没有任何保护的
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  or those who question the authority of the most powerful.
  对于那种不畏强权的人也是一样
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  There is no basis for individual rights,
  如果没有宗教和理性
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  or for a critique of existing ideas and institutions,
  人权以及对现有思想和制度的批判
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  if there is no base either in religion or in reason.
  也就没有了保障
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  That such attacks on the greatest achievements of the west
  这些对于西方灿烂文明的抨击
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  should be made by Western intellectuals is perfectly in keeping
  应该是来自西方学者们的
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  with the Western tradition.
  这与西方的传统相一致
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  The first crowd to do stuff like that, you will find,
  你们会发现第一批做这种事情的人
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  in the fifth century B.C. In Greece
  是在公元后五世纪的希腊人