来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代社会理论基础 第1集》

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  he's sort of the first environmentalis,
  他差不多是第一批生态学家
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  not quite.
  不完全是
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  Even Khaldun did much before him,
  在他之前的赫勒敦也做了很多
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  but for mordern, more contemporary theorists
  但现代学者都认为
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  it's really Montesquieu who tries to explain the nature of
  是孟德斯鸠解释了法律的本质
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  laws with climatic conditions, looks at the interaction
  和天气状况的关系 把眼光投向到
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  between nature and society.
  自然和社会间的关系
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  And it took us basically three hundred years to realize how
  我们则花了整整三百年
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  important this interaction is. Right?
  才意识到这种关系的重要性 对吧
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  So he's really doing some absolutely path-breaking work.
  所以他确实算是一个开路人
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  Now this is Jean Jacques Rousseau.
  然后是让-雅克·卢梭
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  I mean, I have many favorites among these people.
  我尤其喜欢这里面的一些人