Najeeb from Afghanistan sent us this proverb: "If you risk nothing,then you risk everything."

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A Hobbesian state, paradoxically, still requires from its citizens, men and women prepared to fight to risk everything in the defense of their way of life.

如此一来，矛盾便凸显出来了,即霍布斯理想中的国家,也照样要求他的人民时刻准备牺牲一切,来维护他们的生活方式。

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Derrida is aware of it in advance. He says in effect, "Look, I know we're running this risk in saying everything is language," or, if you will here, everything is discourse.

德里达提前意识到了这一点，他说，“我就知道将一切都说成是语言是冒险的“,或者，如果你愿意，一切都是言语。

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