来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代社会理论基础第1集》

no mothers among them; I will tell you why not--

没有一位是"之母" 我会解释为什么的
of modern social thought.

他们是现代社会理论的奠基人
It's basically theories, starting from the sixteenth century

我基本上讲的是从十六世纪开始
and ending up in the early twentieth century.

到二十世纪初之间的理论
This course is very interdisciplinary.

这门课程包罗万象
It's not accidental it has a humanities number,

它在人文学
a political science number, and a sociology number.

政治学以及社会学设有学分并不是偶然的
In fact, as we start discussing the foundations

事实上当我们开始讨论十六世纪
of modern science in the sixteenth century

现代科学的基础
there is even no distinction,

我们甚至无法完全区分
no sharp distinction, between sciences and social sciences.

自然科学和社会科学到底有多么不同
Right? The first author on our list,

对吧我们列表上的第一位奠基人