来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第5集 第5集》

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  you can expect that men will do wrong things,
  对人类错误行为的预见
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  and that a good constitution has the role of
  以及一套扮演着平衡对立性错误
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  balancing the wrongs off against each other,
  角色的优秀宪法
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  so as to produce the closest
  它让绝对公证审判
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  approximation possible to justice.
  的产生成为可能
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  You can only do that by balancing competitive desires
  你仅仅通过平衡那些被视为罪恶的
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  that can be thought of as evil; faction was what they were
  竞争性欲望就可以达到此目的 也就是
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  talking about and
  大家所谓的派系
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  everybody thought faction was bad,
  每个人都认为派系是不好的
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  but it was inevitable.
  但它是必然存在的
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  You couldn't get rid of faction
  你无法通过告诉人们
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  by saying to men, it's not good to be factious,
  派系之坏而去彻底摆脱它