The breaking of even a single law calls into question the authority of law as such.

只要违反一条法律,即足够让法律的权威产生质疑。

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To question or disobey the law is tantamount to destroying the authority of the law.

质疑或违抗法律,等同于摧毁法律的权威。

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But why did they permit him to carry on his practice of challenging the law and ? the authority of the law for as long as they did?

而是，为何他们一再容许他,挑战法律及法律权威,达这么长一段时间？

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They are unregulated by law; they are unregulated by authority. The state of nature is simply a kind of condition of maximum insecurity, an unregulated market with no common laws or rules to sustain it.

法律，权威使然,自然状态就是,一种最大安全感的状态,是一种没有法律规范维持的,不加管制的市场。

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