来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代社会理论基础第16集第16集》

He probably would have lived longer.

他本应该活得更久一些
Fortunately he did not,

幸好他没有
because he did not live Nazism,

这样他就不必在纳粹的统治下生活
and we do not have to

我们也不用
ask the unpleasant question,

提及那些不愉快的问题
would have Max Weber turned into be a Nazi?

诸如马克斯·韦伯是否成为纳粹分子之类
I doubt, but there are some

我保留意见但确实有人认为
who believe he might have,

他如果活下来很可能会成为纳粹分子
and we will talk about this later on.

我们稍后再讨论这个问题
So a word about the Max Weber's family.

先讲讲马克斯·韦伯的家庭
This is a Protestant family

他出身于萨尔斯堡的
who lived in the city of Salzburg,

一个信仰新教的家庭