只有等到基本要素都已就位，一个牢固的社会才能建立。

A strong community cannot be built until the basics are in place.

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当许多公民质疑权威的时候，社会才能更富强。

The well-being of a society is enhanced when many of its people questi on authority.

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只有这样，社会才能进步。

Only in this way, society can progress.

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Only a small city, small enough to be governed by relations of trust, can be political, in Aristotle's sense of the term.

仅有一座小城，小到能由信任的关系来管治，才能称作是政治社会，这是以亚里士多德的标准看来。

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Again, when we see this evidence, then it starts to help guide us about what we might do to make changes in society in general.

当我们看到这些事实的时候,我们就知道可能应该怎么做,才能在整体上改变这个社会

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And in the well governing of opinions consisteth the well governing of men's actions."

只有在人民给予肯定舆论的社会里,君主才能更好地掌控人民的作为“

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