Is it not palpably nearer the truth to say that no man was ever born free and that no two men were ever born equal?

是否应该说,没有人生来就是自由的,也不可能人人生下来都是平等的

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All men are born free and equal?"

人人都是生而自由和平等的吗"

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And although you were a freedman, - which was lower in status than a free person-- - there were some privileges you couldn't have-- your children would be, if they were born after you'd been freed, would be free people, not freed.

虽然奴隶成为了自由人，自由人的社会地位低于自由民-,有一些权利无法享受-,自由人的孩子，如果是出生于奴隶被释放后的，则会成为自由民，而不是自由人。

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The issue of psychopathy, of people who, either due to brain damage or because they are born that way, have no moral understanding, can help us cope with questions of free will and responsibility; of the relationship or difference between mental illness and evil.

比如那些精神病人,不论是因为大脑受损而造成的,还是先天性的,并没有道德观念,可以帮助我们研究自由和责任的问题,或是研究心理疾病与邪恶的关系或区别

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