来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：政治哲学导论 第10集 第10集》

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  caps in the class room, from the House of Study.
  在教室这个学习的殿堂里 摘掉他们的帽子
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  This is the way Machiavelli approached study.
  这是马基雅维利学习的方式
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  "When evening comes,"-- he writes,
  他写道 当夜幕降临
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  I return to my house and go to my study.
  我回到我的房间开始学习
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  At the door,
  我在玄关
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  I take off my clothes of the day covered with muck and
  脱掉我身上沾满尘泥的衣服
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  dirt and I put on my regal and courtly garments.
  换上我最华丽庄重的衣服
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  And decently reclothed, I enter the ancient courts of
  得体的更衣后 我走进先贤的殿堂
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  ancient men, where received by them lovingly,
  他们热情的招待我
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  I feed on the food that alone is mine and that I was born for.
  我享受知识的盛宴 就像回应本能的召唤
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  There I am not ashamed to speak with them
  我从不羞愧于与他们交谈
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  and to ask them the reasons for
  询问他们行为的理由