Are not these aristocratic goals of honor and glory ? precisely what Machiavelli seems to be advocating?

这些追求名誉荣耀的高尚目标难道不正是,马基雅维利所拥护的吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

So everyone in this field is trying to look ahead And decide even the strengths and weaknesses of Their organization what small subsets of the entire Range of possibilities should they pursue.

所以这个领域的每个人都试着向前看,根据自己机构的长处和弱点,来决定应该追求何种,小的分目标和可能性。

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If God replaced your soul with a new one destroyed the old one, gave the new one all the old memories, beliefs, desires, goals, and so forth, that person who was in class last week yesterday died.

如果上帝把你的灵魂换了,把旧的毁了，换上新的,换上所有记忆，信仰，追求，目标，还有别的，上星期上课的那个人,昨天就死了。

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