But one argument that can be made is that things things were so terrible and so out of control in the earlier period that the strengthening of the state is something that people saw as beneficial.

然而有这样一个观点,在动荡不定的战争年代,一个极权国家是有利于国家的发展的

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

The two analogies we use " was strengthening our immune system or stronger "psychological engine" that has the capacity to endure more not just from the negative to zero, but also from the zero to the positive.

我们使用的两个类比,是加强我们的免役系统或加强“心理引擎“,获得更强大的忍受能力,不只是从负到零，还要从零到正。

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Because the Mycenaean centers all reveal for that stretch of time that they're scared. The proof of it comes from strengthening their already quite strong walls in almost all the sites that we see, and also--this is a very important fact.

因为在迈锡尼文明的中心,有迹象表明在一段时期,他们受到了威胁,这样说的证据是,我们发现的几乎所有的遗迹,都在本就很坚固的城墙上继续加固,而且,这是一个很重要的史实

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

So what we are doing: we cultivate the positive; we are strengthening our,metaphorically speaking, " psychological "engine"; and we are better able to deal with the negative to zero, not to mention the fact that we are also able to become happier.

所以我们在做的是，培养积极性;,按那个比喻来说，我们正在增强，心理“引擎;,我们能够更好将负值转化为零，更别说还能变得更快乐。

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