As independent defenders of the common safety and the common interest, they demanded a role in the most important political decisions.

作为独立的捍卫者,他们享有共同的,集体安全与共同利益,他们要求参与,关键的政治决策

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Or as he puts it a little bit later whoever is entitled to participate in an office involving deliberation or decision-making is a citizen of the city. Listen to the words he uses there in describing a citizen.

或像他稍后提到的,任何具参与官职资格的人,包含商议或决策，就是城市的公民,注意他所使用的字眼,看他如何形容公民。

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