God and humans lock in an eternal struggle, neither prevailing, yet both forever changed by their encounter with one another.

上帝与人类陷入一场永恒的战争，谁也不占上峰，但是他们相遇时却一直会引起改变。

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Every polity seeks its own advantage against others, making relations between states a condition of unremitting war of all against all.

每一个政体都在追寻自身的利益,而非他者，国家间的联盟,是一种全面战争的条件，持续性的永恒对抗。

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