Even the expulsion of Satan from heaven was not sufficient to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt the legitimate authority of God.

即使是将撒旦逐出天堂也不足以,无可置疑的证明上帝的至高权威。

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That is to say, someone with sufficient political audacity to create their own authority, who has not simply received it from the past, but to create their own authority.

也就是说,他或她必是一位具有足够政治勇气,且能创造其自身威信的人，而非单纯只是接受过去的遗产，更是创造其自身的威信。

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Or, if you don't believe Spinoza, if you don't believe his authority is sufficient, consider someone who you'll be reading in a couple of weeks, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, from the Social Contract.

或者，假如你不相信斯宾诺莎，假如你不信,他的权威性，那么想一想几星期之后,你们将要读到的一个人，让·雅克·卢梭，在《社会契约论》中。

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