We are not in a country that mandates theology in terms of its constitutional law or its governance, you never gonna have the institutionalization of 5 daily prayers and things like that, people would be penalized.

我们所在的国家并没有将宗教,写进宪法或者法律法规里，你永远不会将每天五次祷告之类的事情,形成制度规范，这对人们不公。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

The tradition of these decentralized city-states that were the heart of the Renaissance.

这些城邦国家自治的传统,确实是文艺复兴的核心所在

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Yet, no man," Hobbes continues, "can thence infer that a particular man has more liberty or immunity from the service of the commonwealth there than in Constantinople, the city of the Caliphs, the Caliphate.

言归正传，霍布斯继续说道,没有人敢说英联邦的人民,因为比君士坦丁堡的人民,有更多的自由而免于为国家服役，后者是哈里发-伊斯兰教国家领袖-所在地。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The monarchy was wherever the king was.

君主所在即为国家所在

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