来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：政治哲学导论第10集第10集》

Yet, it would seem to me

但是依我看
there is more to Machiavelli than

马基雅维利这个词
the term "realism" connotes,

远比现实这个词含义要深
although that is certainly important.

尽管这确实很重要
In this passage, Machiavelli announces his break,

在这段里马基雅维利宣告了
indeed his repudiation of all those who have come before,

他与前人思想的彻底决裂
all those who have come before.

所有古人的想法
He both replaces and yet reconfigures according to his own

基于他关于基督王权和罗马共和的理论
lights, elements from both the Christian empire and

他对罗马共和国进行了取代和重组
the Roman republic, to create a new form of political

建立了一个有别于任何体制的
organization distinctly his own.

他原创的政治结构
What we might call today the modern state.

我们可以称之为现代国家