-interesting, not path-breaking.

内容耐人寻味但缺乏开创性
This is not what he will be remembered for, though, I mean that

他不会因此而为后人铭记尽管如此
he is opening some very important subject matters.

我认为他揭示了一些非常重要的问题
The second one is law and politics,and separation of powers.

第二部分关于法律与政治以及三权分立
We will see that he builds on Locke and takes Locke in a big way forward

他的理论源于洛克但又予以极大的发展
--a great improvement in many--to the extent there is improvement.

各方面都有大的改进
Of course, locke has some insight which is missing

当然洛克的一些洞见也因此而遗漏在
from the Montesquieuian formulation of separation of powers.

孟德斯鸠的三权分立构想之中
Then he has this extraordinary section on law and climate.

接着是关于法律与风土人情的非凡部分
This is one of his big contributions.

这是他的一大贡献
I will show you the way how he formulated it is extremely naive,

你们会看到他的表述方式是多么的幼稚
almost borders on the ridiculous.

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