We've been asking ourselves, what does it take for me to survive, for me to continue to exist?

我们自问，生存下去需要什么，要我继续存在需要什么？

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This tension of course between the best regime and any actual regime is the space that makes political philosophy possible.

张力当然存在于最优政体与现行政体之间,而那正是政治哲学,得以生存的地带。

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