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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"All the armed prophets conquered武装的先知征服了时代 -
and the unarmed were ruined."非武装的先知被时代征服 -
This seems to be and is, clearly, a kind of classic statement这经典的陈述 明显地体现了 -
of sheer Machiavellian power politics.马基雅维利尖锐的实力至上政治理念 -
"All politics grows out of the barrel of a gun,"枪杆子里出政权 -
as a famous twentieth-century Machiavellian once put it.正如一位二十世纪的马派学者所解释的那样 -
The armed prophets conquer, the unarmed lose.武装者征服 和平者被征服 -
But there seems to be more to it than this.但他的理论似乎不只如此 -
Machiavelli compares the prince to a prophet.马基雅维利将君王比作先知 -
Why does he use that language?他为什么这么说呢 -
What is a prophet?所谓先知到底是什么 -
The most obvious answer is a person to whom God speaks.字面的意思是与神交谈的人