In the case here, tha t I just illustrated with the little cart going down the valley, would be exactly the same with regular energy, the equilibrium state is one of lowest energy, right.

在现在所考虑的情况下,我刚才所描述的小车沿着山谷下行，结论会像能量判据一样，平衡态是能量最低的态。

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The cart could be a little ways up the hill, and in this case, it's enthalpy, but again, there would be lots of accessible states.

在这种状态下，小车会稍稍向山坡上移动，在现在考虑的情况下，自由焓决定一切，但是同样有很多可能的状态。

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This in some ways might seem a case of putting the cart before the horse or the cart before the course maybe because how can you say how can we say ? what political philosophy is in advance of doing it?

这好像有点,本末倒置,或说未卜先知,因为你们怎能谈，我们怎能,先谈政治哲学，之后再来实作呢？

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