We could no longer be disappointed, because to be disappointed in something presupposes that it could've been some other way.

我们不会再感到失望，因为对某些事情失望就表明,事情可以是另一个样子。

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Rule of law presupposes that there is a form of justice or right natural to us.

有种正义的形式或权利,对我们而言是自然的。

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The Greek view,moreover, presupposes that man lives in society.

进一步说,希腊的观点的前提条件,就是人是生活在社会中的

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Again, for Aristotle, by contrast, art presupposes nature.

亚里士多德不同，自然高于艺术。

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Aristotle's political science presupposes in other words a certain conception of human beings as linguistic animals who are capable not only of living together -so do a range of other species -but rather sharing in the arrangements of rule.

亚里士多德的政治科学,预设一种特定的概念,即人类是能言语的动物,我们不只能生活在一起,像其它很多动物一般,还能共享规范的安排。

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