It's not just a question, as obviously Foucault and Barthes are always suggesting, of deferring to authority as though the authority were the police with a baton in its hand, right?

这不仅仅是一个，如福柯和巴特经常暗示的一样明显的，尊崇作者权威就好像这种权威,是一个手握警棍的警官的问题，对吧？

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In the beginning of the century where religious leaders, just because religious leaders had authority and where given control by the British.

在20世纪开始的时候，宗教领导，正是因为宗教领导有,权威，受到英国的控制。

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The emphasis on the individual is just another way of saying, again unlike Aristotle, that no one has natural authority over anyone else.

个体的重点在于,与亚里士多德所说不同，没有人拥有高于他人的自然权威。

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If it's just an addition error, the recitation instructor has authority to make that adjustment.

如果那只是附加错误，导师有权利,更正成绩。

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And, again, that is not just what constitutes authority, but what makes authority legitimate.

这已不仅仅是如何构成权力，而是怎样使权力合法化。

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