The antiquity of a law alone is no justification for its usage. Aristotle seems to reject you might say Burkean conservatism long before the time.

法律的古老性不能作为其用法的借口,亚里士多德似乎事先拒绝,你可能会说柏克式的保守主义,古老与传统并不能。

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For the first time since the downfall of the free states of antiquity was the spectacle again presented to the world by the cities of Italy of free and rich communities.

自古代自由邦衰落以来，意大利第一次向世界展示出自由富裕城市同盟的景象。

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Tourism to sites of cultural and natural significance has existed at least since the time of Greek Antiquity, as reflected by Hellenistic world's invention of the Seven Wonders of the World.

至少从古希腊时代起，人们就开始游览人文和自然景观，这从古希腊文明关于“世界七大奇迹”这一概念的提出中就可见一斑。

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Antiquity or tradition alone is no justification yet at the same time he seems to recognize that changes in law even when the result : is improvement are dangerous. He writes "It is a bad thing to habituate people to reckless dissolution of laws.

作为借口，但同时,他似乎也体认到法律修改,就算结果是改善,仍是很危险的作法，他写到,“让人民习惯于鲁莽的法律,崩溃是不好的事。

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