There were other important influences in his life.

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Right. - And I think that if he was making a decision to give his life and he took on the agency to sacrifice himself which some people might see as admirable and other people might disagree with that decision.

对，-我认为如果是他自己决定献出生命,如果是他自己提出要牺牲自己,也许有人会赞颂这种行为,而其他人也许会反对这个决定。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

He has heard justice praised his whole life from parents and from poets and from other authorities, but for the most part, he has only heard justice praised again for the benefits justice confers both in this life and the next.

他一辈子都在听正义的教训,从他的父母、诗人,或其它权威口中，他听到的大部份，都只是正义得到礼赞,因为赋予的好处,无论是今生或来世。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选