Science, or what Hobbes simply calls " by the name "reason," is simply the fullest expression of human artfulness.

科学，或是霍布斯把它称作的,“理性“,正是人类艺术性的完整表达。

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The reason I say that is, by having operator overloading I can use 1 generic interface to all of the objects that I want to use.

他在大多数情况下都是对的，我要这么说的原因是,通过运算符重载我可以,用一个通用的借口对。

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The one represented by Socrates regards reason, that is to say, the sovereign reason of the individual as the highest possible authority.

一种是苏格拉底所代表的理智，即个体主权理智,是最高的可能权威。

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When you go west, however, it stops in the coast of North Africa -the reason being the rest of North Africa is dominated by Carthage.

当你继续西行,希腊的城镇就止于北非沿岸,因为北非的其余领土,都被迦太基人所占领了

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I would simply conclude by saying that the aim of this course is to awaken the restlessness of reason and to see where it might lead.

简而言之，这门课程旨在,唤醒你们永不停息的理性思考，探索路在何方。

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The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me: Yes! that was the reason In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of a cloud, chilling Annabel Lee And killing my Annabel Lee.

天使，不再如在天堂般快乐，于是把我和她妒嫉：,对，那便是原因，众所周知，在大海边的王国里）,云中刮起了寒风,冻杀了我的。

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Here is a cartoon which actually illustrates a classic experiment by some physiologists who for some reason had a dog's brain opened up and started shocking different parts of the brain.

这是张卡通图画,实际上描绘了一个由生理学家,所做过的经典实验,出于某种原因,他们切开一只狗的大脑,对不同的大脑区域进行电击

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There's no reason why these two attributes had to be proportional, but they are proportional and they are equal by choice of units and you can ask, "Is this just an accident or is it part of a big picture?"

我们不知道这两个质量为何成比例,但它们确实成比例,而且如果选择合适的单位还会相等,你会问,"这种情况纯属偶然,还是这只是物理学大体系的冰山一角"

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Glaucon Or Socrates and Glaucon, who hope to rule ? by the powers of reason, speech, and argument?

或像苏格拉底和，所希望,统治要视理性，演说及辩论的力道而定？

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The challenges presented by freedom and the predominance of reason cannot be ignored, nor can they be met by recourse to the experience of other cultures where these characteristics have not been prominent.

自由的现存挑战,和理性的卓越优势不能够被忽略,同时也不能因为他们的典型性,一时不够显著,而诉求于其他的文明

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To be a political animal means first to possess speech or reason that allows us to participate in a community or a way of life governed by shared standards of justice and injustice.

要成为政治动物的首要,是拥有演说或理性的能力,以让我们参与社群,或由共享公正,与不公标准所统治的生活方式。

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And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud by night Annabel Lee chilling my Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsman came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea.

这就是原因，很久以前，在海边的王国，夜里一阵冷风从云中吹落,冻僵了我的;,于是她高贵的亲戚到来了,把她从我身边带走，将她关进一座坟墓,在大海边的王国里。

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The natural laws for Hobbes are not divine commands or ordinances, he says, but they are rules of practical reason figured out by us as the optimal means of securing our well-being.

对霍布斯来说，自然法不是神圣的法令,或者条例，但这些是,我们发现的实践理性的法则,就像一种最佳的方式保护我们的幸福生活。

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