And so I would ask you to think about a couple of simple questions as you move through this book, and as you think about what I have to say about it.

所以，我想让大家在继续读这本书时,想出一些简单的问题，并且想想我会对此说些什么。

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In the most famous of these letters, the lengthy seventh one, he gives us, again, something of an autobiography and tells us a little bit about why he came to write this book.

这些书信中最著名的，是冗长的第七封，他写下类似自传的东西,并简单地讲述了,为何他要写这本巨著。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选