From the ensuing rebellion came limited constitutional representative government and ultimately our modern form of democracy.

从接踵而来的反抗运动到,受限制的代议制宪政政府,最终到我们现代的民主社会

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

So I'm going to leave it on that note and on Wednesday we will begin the study of one of Machiavelli's greatest and most profound disciples in the modern world, a man by the name of Thomas Hobbes.

那么我就到此为止了，星期三的时候,我们将开始研讨现代社会中,马基雅维利的一位伟大而见解深刻的门徒,他的名字叫做托马斯霍布斯。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选