The image of a human empire oppressing the rest of nature is on metaphor. It is an actual pattern of imperial conquest, plunder, eventual exhaustion and collapse.

人类帝国凌驾于自然之上，不只是一副借助隐喻的手法所描绘的生动图像，更是人类对于自然的实际的行为模式：帝国式的征服、掠夺，最终消耗殆尽直至崩溃。

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Compared to the Eastern Empire, the Western Empire had many disadvantages, including more foreign enemies and fewer material and human resources.

与东罗马帝国相比，西罗马帝国有很多劣势，包括外敌更多、物质资源和人力资源更少。

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The idea of empire and dominion is socomplex, and depends on so many other notions, that it could never be the firstwhich occurred to the human understanding.

帝权和统治的概念太过复杂，要依赖太多其他概念，绝不可能在最初就被人类所理解。

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