It's folly to think that we have about us protective spirits who might actually keep us from harm.

认为真的有神灵在周围,庇佑我们不受伤害是愚蠢的。

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If this is true, Aristotle's Politics seems to stand condemned as the most antidemocratic book ever written.

如果这是真的，亚里士多德的《政治学》看似应受谴责,因它将是有史以来最反民主的著作。

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