When democracy is invented it will have its moment and it will spread, and there will be numerous democracies but they will never be the majority of the poleis.

当民主的理念提出以后,它会不断的蔓延,会有很多民主制国家,应运而生,然而大多数的城邦却不是民主的

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Let's look at the show of hands? All right so this is the majority here. Good thing physics doesn't work on the rule of the majority otherwise we'd be in big trouble.

不可逆呢？请举手，好的,大多数人这么认为,真理并不掌握在多数人手里,否则我们就会有大麻烦了。

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But still, it must be with his own consent, I.E. The consent of the majority, " giving it either by themselves, or through their representatives."

但是这仍须得到他自己的同意，即得到大多数的同意，由他们自己或选出的代表所表示的大多数同意“

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Most of the people, and I think it's reasonable to guess that a very high majority of the people would be living on farms, engaged in farming, feeding themselves,and the rest of the community.

大部分人,我想有理由这样猜测,绝大多数人都在农场居住,在农场从事农业劳动,从而保证他们自己和整个社区的生存

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that expresses the will of the majority, the will of the greater number be rendered compatible with the needs of philosophy and the claims to respect ? only reason and a better argument?

众人意志的民主，及大多数人的意志,能够兼容,哲学需求,及尊重理性,及进阶辩论的诉求吗？

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If the majority rules that there should be taxation, even if the minority should still not have to be taxed because that's taking away property, which is one of the rights of nature.

即使多数人规定应当征税，少数人仍并不一定非要交税,因为那等于夺走少数人的财产，而财产权是自然权利之一。

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We know that the way we enter into society is by consent, by agreement to leave the state of nature and to be governed by the majority and by a system of laws, human laws.

众所周知，只有经过同意，才能进入社会,才能脱离自然状态，并被大多数人,被人类法律体系所管辖。

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