When I started with governance, I found it really difficult to boil down theory to practice.

当我刚接触到治理的时候，我觉得把它联系到实际非常困难。

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For me, the choice boils down to the choice between the body theory of personal identity and personality theory of personal identity.

在我看来，选择范围就缩小到了,人格同一性的肉体论,和人格同一性的人格论上。

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In a sense, the core of Hobbes' theory of sovereignty can be boiled down to the statement that the sovereign and only the sovereign is the source of law.

从一定意义上讲,霍布斯对国家权力的核心观点,可以概述为,君主，而且只有君主,是法律效力的唯一源泉。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Hacking believes that there were many gambling theorists who invented probability theory at various times in history but never wrote it down and kept it as a secret.

哈金相信历史上有很多赌博理论家,曾多次构想了概率论,但从来没有记录下来,并且恐为人知

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The charitable ways of Gates and Buffett also provide living proof that the "trickle-down theory" is in fact reality.

FORBES: Magazine Article

They have tried to sell us this trickle-down theory before.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

This trickle-down theory of free speech is probably premature.

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