来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第3集 第3集》

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  And so there is this critical school that says,
  有批评家指出
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  "I won't believe anything unless it is proven to me."
  "我不会相信没有证据的历史"
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  At the other extreme, there's me,
  而另外一个极端 也就是鄙人
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  the most gullible historian imaginable. My principle is this.
  史上最混沌的历史学家 我的观点是
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  I believe anything written in ancient Latin or Greek
  我相信一切拉丁语或古希腊语的历史文献
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  unless I can't. Now, things that prevent me
  除非我看不懂 现在的问题在于
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  from believing what I read are that they are internally contradictory,
  有些历史文献本身就是矛盾的
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  or what they say is impossible,
  有些则是无稽之谈 还有一些内容
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  or different ones contradict each other and they can't both be right.
  观点是互相冲突的 两者不能同时成立
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  So, in those cases I abandon the ancient evidence.
  因此 我放弃了古代文献
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  Otherwise, you've got to convince me that they're not true.
  除非你们能给我指出哪些矛盾是错误的
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  Now, you might think of this as, indeed, gullible.
  现在 你们或许也在纠结于这段历史