Whether it takes the shape of the unbridled claims

不管这种理念是否来自于
of Pico della Mirandola or

皮克·德拉·米兰德拉的激烈言论
the nietzschean assertion of the power

或是尼采信徒关于
of the superior individual to transform and shape his own nature,

个人有掌控自己的无上权利的论断
or of the modern totalitarian effort

或者是现代极权主义者所提倡的
to change the nature of humanity by Utopian social engineering,

通过乌托邦社会工程来改变人性
the temptation to arrogance offered by the ideas

这个理念所包含的因诱惑而产生的傲慢
and worldly success of the modern West threatens

以及现代西方社会世俗的成功威胁了
its own great traditions and achievements.

它本身伟大的传统和成就
Because of Western civilization's emergence

虽然西方文明的崛起
as the exemplary civilization,

作为现代文明的模板
it also presents problems to the whole world.

但是它也反映出了世界范围内的现存问题