来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1600年后西方社会的流行病 第2集 第2集》

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  or if the concept was wrong from the outset.
  还是他们的理想一开始就不切实际
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  In any case, this was an embodiment,
  总之 这件事也是当时
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  then, of the idea of disease as a punishment for sin.
  疾病是罪之罚观点的体现
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  But if we view this view
  不过如果我们考量
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  of pestilence as divine punishment,
  瘟疫是天降惩罚的这个观点
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  it does at least imply a law-governed cosmos.
  会发现它确也隐含着规律与秩序
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  Disease exists for an intelligible reason,
  疾病的存在有其可解释的成因
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  and it implies a rational therapeutics,
  同时也暗示有合理的疗法
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  which is repentance:
  即悔改
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  propitiation of God,
  听上帝的劝解
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  amendment of conduct,
  做行为的修正
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  and renewed obedience to the laws.
  和对规律重新服从