He called a convention to decide the question.

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I never met anybody who seemed more like an author than this person, and yet he's raising the question whether there is any such thing, or in any case, the question how difficult it is to decide what it is if there is.

我从来没有遇见过比他看起来更像作家的人，现在他提出了一个问题，问无论如何，如果有这么个东西的话那么决定它是什么有多难。

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But then the question, and this is our question and here is where I want to get your views, then the question is what powers, what can the majority decide?

但问题出现了，这也是我的问题,我想听听大家对此的意见，问题是多数人到底有何权利，他们能决定什么？

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In order to answer that question, which will decide Locke's fit with the libertarian view, we need to look closely at what legitimate government looks like for Locke, and we turn to that next time.

为了回答这个问题，即确定洛克到底是否自由主义盟友，我们得进一步研究洛克所指的合法政府是什么，下次再继续这个话题。

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