And it's a worldview deeply rooted in the idea or respect for tradition; tradition and social control.

还是一个深深的,根植于传统思想,尊重传统的世界观,即传统和社会控制

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Now, let me carry on with this by talking about the views of society which are characteristic of the two traditions in Western civilization.

下面我们继续,来谈一下有关于,体现了这两种不同西方文明传统,及其特点的社会观

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

That remains not only the fundamental question for Hobbes, but for the entire, at least for the entire social contract tradition that he helped to establish.

这已不仅仅停留在,霍布斯的基本问题上，从整体来说，至少是从霍布斯帮助建立的,整个社会契约的传统上。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Another category of difference would be religious believers versus non-believers, non-members of the community. In some religious traditions, ideas of caste and social location make certain people very different in terms of the understanding of human equality.

另外一类区别在于,信仰者和非信仰者也就是，非宗教团体成员之间，在有些宗教传统中，种姓和社会地位,使一些人显得非常不同,这从他们对人的平等的理解可以看出来。

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The first and the sharpest break with this common human experience came in ancient Greece.

最早与人类社会这个普遍传统,相悖且最为鲜明的例子就是古希腊

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

All of these heroes are aristocrats in the traditional sense of the word; they arrive at their high standing in their community by virtue of birth.

而所有这些英雄们,从传统角度来说,都是贵族,他们在社会中得到了很高的名望,因为他们生而高贵

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

I think we must remember that there were people creating and repeating, and working out, and changing a poetic tradition that started in the Mycenaean world and lasted for the rest of Greek history.

我想我们必须记住,这些进行创造和传承的人民,他们仔细刻画,发展成了诗歌的传统,从迈锡尼社会开始,一直延续到希腊历史的剩余部分

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选