我感兴趣的是，也是我觉得很多读者应该感兴趣的是，当他们阅读《论出版自由》时，到底是什么允许了，为什么这本著作这么容易就被理解为在批判控制。

What I am interested in here, and I think what a lot of readers are interested in when they approach Areopagitica, is why this treatise, why it can so easily be read as an argument against censorship.

youdao

我是一个自由而随和的人，我关心的不是我的财产，而是我的朋友，我希望他们能想来就来。

I am a free and easy person who is more concerned that my house is open to any friend who wants to drop by than with possessions.

youdao

有哲学家，这里我要对他们敬意并声明，我也是他们中的一员，有哲学家相信，事实上，自由意志的观点，和决定论并非是不相容的。

There are philosophers — and here I'll tip my hat and say, I'm one of them — there are philosophers who believe that, in fact, the idea of free will is not incompatible with determinism.

youdao

What I am interested in here, and I think what a lot of readers are interested in when they approach Areopagitica, is why this treatise, why it can so easily be read as an argument against censorship.

我感兴趣的是，也是我觉得很多读者应该感兴趣的是,当他们阅读《论出版自由》时，到底是什么允许了，为什么这本著作这么容易就被理解为在批判控制。

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