There is nothing more symptomatic of the growth of absolute rule than the growth of powerful armies.

没有什么比日益扩充的强大军队,更能代表绝对主义了

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And his basic rights were seen to be absolute, for nothing must interfere with the right of each individual to defend his life, liberty, and property.

人的基本权利被视作每个个体都绝对拥有的,任何事物都无法干涉的,自卫,自由,财产的权利

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God was so afraid of us that He actually doubted His hold on His own empire, an empire that He was only actually able to maintain because of good luck or something like superior military firepower, but certainly nothing as grand and as absolute as omnipotence."

上帝是如此害怕我们,都开始怀疑自己能否驾驭自己的帝国了，他维系这个帝国,靠的是运气或者是强大的火力，绝非是靠什么伟大的无所不能的神力“

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