And so I'm going to leave you here at the end of this lecture less with a conclusion than with a paradox.

我准备就讲到这里，留给你们,一个文学上的悖论而非一个结论。

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However, and this is what I want to emphasize throughout our reading of Hobbes, he has always been something of a paradox to his readers.

然而，在阅读霍布斯的著作时,我想强调的是，对于他的读者来说,他一直是一种悖论。

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Does he fully intend to obey this command, to annul the covenantal promise with his own hand? Or does he trust in God to intervene? Or is this a paradox of faith? Does Abraham intend faithfully to obey, all the while trusting faithfully that God's promise will nevertheless be fulfilled?

他是否完全打算遵守这个命令，亲手废止,契约的应许？或者，他信任上帝的干涉吗？又或者,这是个信仰的悖论吗？亚伯拉罕打算忠诚地服从，同时,忠实地相信即使如此上帝的应许也会实现吗？

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The paradox then is how do you create such a fast computer with such slow stuff?

那么这里的悖论就是,你是如何用传输如此缓慢的材料,制造出反应如此迅速的计算机的

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So this is a question that I want to continue today, to consider what the trial of Socrates means and I want to begin by going back to a problem or a paradox that I ended the class with last time.

这就是我今天要继续的问题，考虑苏格拉底受审的意义,我想要先回到一个问题,一个悖论,也是我们上堂课所遗留的。

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The best regime embodies a supreme paradox it would seem. It is superior in some ways to all actual regimes but it has no concrete existence anywhere.

最优的政体体现了至高的矛盾,看起来，它似乎在某些层面,优于所有现行的政体,但却缺乏具体的存在事实。

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