As I said, I see very little relevance of this argument.

正如我刚才所说这种说法不太靠谱
So I--but certainly it was important

不过它对于洛克而言非常重要
for Locke to have a straw man he could face his argument against--

这给他的理论提供了一个假想敌
probably spends too much time debating Filmer.

使他花了很多时间反驳费尔默
And you may have been a bit concerned about

你们也许比较关注
these theological controversies and theological arguments in the book,

这本书中理论的针锋相对
but otherwise he's really formulating

但是他的确创立了
the first big ideas for modern democratic theory.

第一个现代民主理论
Okay, so now Locke engages Filmer on a number of levels.

洛克与费尔默在某些层面上有些交锋
It actually engages him on the theological level,

这交锋主要是发生在理论层面上
and he said, "Well, it's untrue that Adam received land as a grant.

他认为 "继承世界的不是亚当
It was mankind who received the land as a grant from God."

从上帝那里继承世界的是人类"