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More speculatively, we talked last time about the

想得更深远些
possible relationship of the successful conquest

上次我们讲到成功治愈瘟疫和
of plague on the coming of the Enlightenment.

启蒙运动到来之间的可能关系
Well, smallpox provides us with a second instance of the

天花为我们提供了第二个该方面的实例
successful deployment of human

即人类成功的攻克
means to control a major cause of death and anguish,

一个主要导致死亡和极度痛苦的疾病
making life more secure and longer.

以延长人类寿命
It's suggested that a number of leading philosophes were

据说有许多知名启蒙运动家都
avid proponents of inoculation,

反对接种疫苗
including Voltaire and Condorcet.

这其中包括伏尔泰和孔多塞
So, we'll be dealing with those issues.

因此我们要解决这些问题
But this morning what I'd like to do is to concentrate on

但是今天早晨我想重点关注一个