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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  Well, the Greeks had no concept of natural rights,
  当然 古希腊人没有自然权利
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  or of rights that human beings were given by the gods.
  或者天赋人权的概念
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  That is a very important difference
  这也是个非常重要的区别
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  that was, you had to act in such a way as to make life possible and decent,
  你得活出体面来
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  and for the Greeks that always meant
  对于古希腊人而言就是
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  being part of a decent community, the polis.
  成为体面的社区即城邦的一部分
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  But the modern world, to get back to that,
  但是回到现代社会
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  to this Enlightenment world,
  回到启蒙时期的世界
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  individualism and a key aspect to that is hedonism.
  个人主义的关键在于享乐主义
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  That is to say,
  就是说
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  it is legitimate and proper to search for pleasure,
  每个个人都有权利去追求快乐
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  for each individual to attempt to please himself however he can.
  每个个人都有权利想方设法满足自己