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All of these heroes are aristocrats in the traditional sense of the word; they arrive at their high standing in their community by virtue of birth.

而所有这些英雄们,从传统角度来说,都是贵族,他们在社会中得到了很高的名望,因为他们生而高贵

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

These P functions are functions that we have by virtue of our brain.

我们依靠大脑才拥有这些能力

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

It's now exactly that power from which Milton has been excluded by virtue of his blindness -- light: "Hail holy Light, offspring of Heav'n first-born, / Or of th' Eternal Coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd?"

而是弥尔顿已经被失明剥夺的一种力量,圣光，你是上帝最初的产物，永恒的光束,我是否可以向你表达我无限的敬意“

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

We have a younger storm god who usurps power from an older god by virtue of a victory over a water god. Remember Enuma Elish, which we read at the very beginning of the semester.

暴风之神从老神那里篡权,通过打败水神，记得Enuma，Elish吗？,开学的时候，在阅读中遇到过。

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For injustice is most dangerous when it is armed and man armed by nature with good sense and virtue may use them for entirely opposite ends.

因为非正义一旦被武装起来将最为危险,好人也可能利用,善心和美德而为非作歹

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

A prudent man," he writes, "should always enter upon the paths beaten by great men and imitate those who have been most excellent, so that if his own virtue does not reach that far, " it at least is in the odor of it."

他写到：，“一位审慎的君子，应总是选择由伟人所开创的道路,并模仿那些,具有最优美德的人，如此一来若其自身的美德不及先人，至少仍能保有其风“

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Our best science suggests that a well-functioning body can perform these things, can think and plan and fall in love by virtue of the fact that the brain is functioning properly.

现今科学认为,一个运作良好的肉体能够做到以下事情,思考,规划,以及彼此相爱,这都得益于,大脑的正常运作

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The deprivation account says, death is bad for you insofar as, or it's bad for you when, by virtue of dying now, what you've been deprived of is, another chunk of life that would've been good for you to have.

剥夺解释认为，死亡对你来说是坏事，或者说它可能是坏事，如果你现在就死的话，你被剥夺的是，你可以拥有的另一段美好生活。

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And of course, since it's not just black and white, good life or bad life, but various shades of gray, better lives and worse lives, what's the yardstick by virtue of ? which we measure better and worse lives?

因为不是单纯的黑白，好或坏的人生，两者是混杂的，更好的人生和更坏的人生，衡量更好和更坏人生的,道德标准是什么？

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Finally, Milton's poem is late by virtue of the simple fact that it's written in the form of an epic. An epic might have seemed like a great idea when Milton was nineteen, but by the time Milton gets actually around to writing it, it's an entirely superannuated, utterly outdated form.

最后，弥尔顿这么晚才写这首诗是因为,这是一首史诗，在弥尔顿19岁的时候,写首史诗看起来可能是个好主意，但到了弥尔顿真正要写的时候，史诗已经是一种完全落伍过时的诗体了。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

So Deuteronomy warns repeatedly: It is by no special virtue or merit that Israel was the one chosen.

但《申命记》屡次强调：,以色列被选择并不是因为特殊的品德和功绩。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The position that Milton -- this is how I like to read it - the position that Milton would like to be able to take on this question of virtue's reward is formulated by the Elder Brother in Comus.

弥尔顿的立场--我下面要读,-弥尔顿关于贞操的报偿这一问题的立场,通过《科玛斯》中的哥哥这一角色表达出来。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

This is Comus, line 588 -- the Elder Brother. The brother says: Virtue may be assail'd but never hurt, Surpris'd by unjust force but not enthrall'd, Yea even that which mischief meant most harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory.

这是《科玛斯》，第588行--哥哥这个角色，他说：,诗歌大意：，贞操或许遭袭，却不会受损，或许为不义之力突袭，却不会乱了阵脚，是的，对于贞操最重的伤害也不过是玩笑,考验只是证明它无上的荣光。

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