But beyond the extremes, additions or subtractions to our external circumstances make very little difference.

但在这些极端情况之外，增加或减少的外部环境,产生的区别很小。

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His examples are typically drawn from situations of human beings or polities in extremes where the very survival or independence of a society is at stake.

他的范例是,典型地取材自人类,或政体在极端下的处境,即当存活或一个社会的独立,已面临考验。

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