This was known for a long time, but it took Mr. Einstein to figure out why nature is behaving in that fashion.

这一点在很早以前就人所共知了,不过是爱因斯坦先生解释了,大自然为什么以这种模式运行

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

It is fear, not reason, that leads us to abandon the state of nature and sue for peace.

与理性不同，恐惧让我们放弃自然状态,转而去寻求和平。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

For injustice is most dangerous when it is armed and man armed by nature with good sense and virtue may use them for entirely opposite ends.

因为非正义一旦被武装起来将最为危险,好人也可能利用,善心和美德而为非作歹

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

And we pay a very high price for this inability, for this refusal to accept the fact that it is part of human nature that is constrained, that is there no matter what.

我们为这种无能付出高昂代价，为拒绝接受,本性受约束，生而有之的事实，付出高昂代价。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Well, I'm just wondering what Locke's view is on once you have a government that's already in place, whether it is possible for people who are born into that government to then leave and return to the state of nature?

我只想知道洛克对此会怎么想,一旦政府已经成立了，其中出生的人们，是否有可能,脱离它，而重新回到自然状态呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

And what I want to do now is illustrate a case study of what I mean by nature constrained and why it is so important for happiness, for wellbeing, for long-term success to have the constrained view of human nature when it comes to our psychology that is.

现在我想演示一个案例研究,说明我所谓的本性受约束的含义,为何它对快乐，幸福，长久的成功如此重要,当论及到我们的心理时,人性受约束观点很重要。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选