来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代社会理论基础 第25集 第25集》

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  Right? There is written law.
  我们已经有了成文法
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  You can study it objectively,
  你可以客观地研究它
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  And it is not only individual consciousness what guides us all.
  而指引我们的并非只有个人意识
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  So I think this is the major reason
  我认为这是一个主要原因
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  why his point of departure is, as an example, law,
  他以法律作为一个示例 一个出发点
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  because this is what he can rigorously study.
  因为他能够严谨地研究法律
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  It can be seen as a social fact,
  这可以被看作一种社会事实
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  that this is the law
  这就是法律所带来的
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  and to understand why this law came into being,
  并理解为什么会有这条法律
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  under what circumstances,
  是在什么样的情况下产生的
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  and how does it influence people?
  以及法律对人们产生了什么影响
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  Well, of course, the inspiration comes from Montesquieu.
  当然 该灵感来源于孟德斯鸠