I asked each of them to bring a book that had informed that question for them, inside or outside of the classroom that they had read or what in Princeton.

我让他们每人带一本书来,这本书该为他们提供了对这个问题的提示,只要是他们在学校里课堂内外读过的都行。

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Justice is nothing more or less right than what benefits the rulers, the rulers who determine the laws of justice.

正义没有对错,只要那对统治者有利，因是由他们决定正义的法律。

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Now that's okay as long as you understand what's going on and it's reasonable for your health.

只要人们知道自己的饮食习惯,及这么做对健康是有益的,那就没问题

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So, the modern state, as we know it and still have it, in many ways grew out of the Hobbesian desire for security and the fear of death that can only be achieved at the expense of the desire for honor and glory.

所以我们知道的现代国家的建立,正如霍布斯所论,是人们对安全的渴求而导致的,只要一个人仍对荣誉有着强烈的渴求,他就永远不会对死亡产生恐惧。

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