Anybody who wants to argue for a different kind of political arrangement will have to make the case uphill against all tradition.

任何人如果想要支持其他不同的政治构成,必须要冲破一切传统阻力

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

It's not necessarily chronological, but at the same time it gives you a sense of successive metaphysical philosophers thinking about first causes, origins, and about whatever it is that determines everything else.

这不一定是按时间顺序排列的，但同时,它会给你一种感觉那就是，一位又一位形而上学哲学家,思考原动力，起源，思考到底是什么觉定了其他的一切。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

So in many ways the premises, coupled with what we discussed in the first two lectures, build the foundation of that spiral, upon which everything else will be built.

从许多方面来看，这个前提，跟我们开头的两节课有关，会建立这个螺旋的基础，那其他一切就更容易建起来。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

As I understand it, this is also connected with people gone before us, the ancestors, or however they're phrased, really being in touch with this continuum of life.

根据我的理解，这也与我们前面的古人相关，祖先也好，其他的名字也好，一切都是感受到，but，it’s为了,生命的延续。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选