So if that was the reason they were included in the ancient world,it's not the reason they're still in now, because modern scholars don't believe the apostles actually wrote all of these texts in the New Testament.

如果那就是它们在古代被选上的原因,它不是现代人所认为的原因，因为现代学者认为,新约里的书并非全为使徒所写。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

Discord within the city, just as discord within the soul, is regarded as the greatest evil.

城邦内的不协调，一如灵魂里的不协调，全被视为是最严重的罪恶。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

He described provincials as being dominated by routine and monotony in their small towns, that they're all the same, he wrote, which is obviously not the case.

他把乡下人描绘成在小城镇中,过着千篇一律的单调生活,他写道,他们全是一个模子里刻出来的,情况显然不是这样

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选