It emerged from a unique history in which chance and accident often played a vital part.

它出现在这段独特的历史中,其中机遇和偶然性扮演了重要角色

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Right? The state of nature is not seen by him as an actual historical condition in some ways, although he occasionally will refer to what we might think of as anthropological evidence to support his views on the state of nature.

他并不是把自然状态理解为,某种方式的实际的历史性的状态，即使他偶然性地,用人类学的证据,去支持他自然状态的观点。

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