make war a paradoxical trinity composed of

使战争成为一个由原始的
primordial violence, hatred, and enmity,

暴力憎恶和仇恨组成的矛盾三位体
which are to be regarded as a blind natural force.

这三者被看作是盲目的自然力量
Of the play of chance and probability,

在这场机会与机率的博弈中
within which the creative spirit is free to roam

创新精神随意翱翔
and its elements of subordination as an instrument of policy

并作为影响政策制定的手段
which makes it subject to reason alone,

服从于理智
these three tendencies are like three different codes of law,

这三种倾向就如同三个全然不同的法则
deep rooted in their subject and

深深地植根于它们各自的主题之中
yet variable in their relationship to one another.

同时又互相息息相关
A theory that ignores any one of them,

忽略掉其中任一理论
or seeks to fix an arbitrary relationship between them

或者试图对三者的关系做出武断解读的理论