Shouldn't individuals be free ? to choose for themselves their own plans of life ? wherever it may take them?

难道不应让个人自由选择,他们自己的人生计划吗,无论结果会如何？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

He's taken it from somebody else, ; and in doing so I think he's doing this deliberately; he's exposing some of the darker ironies behind his own literary ambition.

但他从别人那里借用了这个说法，他的做法让我认为他是故意这么做的;,他这是在他自己自由意志的背后,表现一些尖刻的讽刺。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

He taught the priority of rights over duties and he argued that the sovereign should serve the lowly interest or the lowly ends of providing peace and security, leaving it to individuals to determine for themselves how best to live their lives.

他主张权力应优先于义务,主张君主应当,尽最大可能缔造和平,以保证人民的安全，主张让给人民自由,让他们决定自己的生活方式。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选