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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  we think of Hammurabi and we think of the kings of Persia,
  指的是汉谟拉比和波斯国王
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  and we think of Louis XIV. We do not think of what we have here,
  以及路易十四 我们不会想到在这里讲到的
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  which is a bunch of noblemen who are essentially equal,
  这些贵族 他们的地位在本质上是平等的
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  and the differences between them
  他们之间的差别
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  don't come from birth or rank as between them,
  不在于他们出身或者阶级
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  but from wealth and power that they happen to possess.
  而在于他们拥有的财富和权利
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  It is, rather, not a royal society but an aristocratic society.
  这是一个贵族社会 而不是皇家社会
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  I think that's the main message.
  我认为这就是这个故事传达的主要信息
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  and it is the matrix of all future political ideas
  这也是希腊社会此后政治理念
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  and arguments in the Greek world that comes after this time.
  和政治主张的原型
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  I think you need to understand that what the Greeks
  我觉得你们需要理解
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  in the historical period--once we start having written records
  在刚开始有文字记录的那个历史时期