Freedom does permit isolation from society and an alienation of the individual at a high cost, both to the individual and society.

自由允许人与社会隔绝,人与人疏远,但是不管是对个人还是社会,代价都是巨大的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

And we'll talk about and discuss the importance of idealism and maintaining idealism if we are to introduce personal change, inter-personal change, or community or society change.

我们会谈到和讨论理想主义和保持理想主义的重要性,如果我们要介绍个人的改变，个人之间的改变，或群体与社会的改变的话。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

The aim of the Republic is to establish a harmonious city, based on a conception of justice that, so to speak, harmonizes the individual and society, how to achieve that.

理想国》的主要目的,是要建立一座和谐的城邦，其基础概念是正义，也可以说是要协调个人与社会，及陈述达成目的的方法。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The person who does that best is Michael Pollan, and when you read his book, In Defense of Food, he spends some time in the book defining what food is and working through this--this quagmire of how do we define food and what's acceptable to eat, what's socially acceptable, what's personally acceptable.

这一点上迈克尔·伯伦做得最好,你们可以看看他写的书《为食物辩护》,他在书中给食物下了定义,并深入地探讨了这个难题,即如何区分食物与能吃的东西,社会普遍接受的东西,个人能够接受的东西

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选