It's a question rather of how we know the author to be there, firstly, and secondly, whether or not in attempting we should appeal to the authority of an author.

首先我们如何知道作者在那儿，其次，决定文本意义的时候,如果作者只是一种功能。

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We agree to be junior partners in absolute rule in exchange for recognizing your supreme authority over us in exchange for the protection that you will afford us."

我们愿意臣服在您的绝对权威之下,我们将视您为无上的权力,作为交换你必须向我们提供保护"

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Or, if you don't believe Spinoza, if you don't believe his authority is sufficient, consider someone who you'll be reading in a couple of weeks, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, from the Social Contract.

或者，假如你不相信斯宾诺莎，假如你不信,他的权威性，那么想一想几星期之后,你们将要读到的一个人，让·雅克·卢梭，在《社会契约论》中。

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It is the philosopher's reliance on his own reason that frees him from the dangerous authority of the state and safeguards the individual from complicity in the injustice and evils that seem to be a necessary part of political life.

哲学家信赖自己的理智,因为那使他远离,危险的国家权威,并守护个体,不与不义及邪恶合流,那似乎已成政治生活的必备部份。

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