So it applies to macroscopic systems that are in equilibrium, and how to go from one equilibrium state to another equilibrium state, and it's entirely empirical in its foundation.

因此，热力学研究的是平衡态的宏观系统,以及如何从,一个平衡态过渡到另一个平衡态，它完全是建立在经验的基础上的。

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But however that may be, Plato believes he has found in the formula of one man, one job, a certain foundation for political justice.

但无论会如何，柏拉图相信他已,找着一人一事的公式，一种特定的基础来营造政治公义。

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