In fact,if you wanted to argue against, say,the Letter of Hebrews being included,you could say, "But all the people in the East don't accept the Letter of Hebrews as part of their canon,so we shouldn't,either."

实际上，如果你想反对，希伯来书被选上，你可以说，“但是东方的人都不承认希伯来书,属于他们的正典，所以我们也不应承认“

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

It's not my purpose or intention here to try to argue you out of your religious beliefs or to argue against your religious beliefs.

但那不是我的目的,我不会因为你的宗教信仰和你争辩,或者跟它对立。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Anybody who wants to argue for a different kind of political arrangement will have to make the case uphill against all tradition.

任何人如果想要支持其他不同的政治构成,必须要冲破一切传统阻力

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

But there is a different example that we have to worry about is where, which to argue against this proposal that the body could be decomposed and then be recomposed.

但我们还得关注另一个,很不一样的例子,这个例子得到的结论与刚才相反,它并不认为肉体可以被分解然后,再重组。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Now, it's not my purpose here to try to argue for or against Platonism with regard to abstract entities.

我的目的不是,试图去辩护或者反对,柏拉图哲学中的抽象实体这个概念

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Well, I'm not going to argue for and against that view-- just wanted to sketch it, so as to understand the arguments that turn on it.

我不会去主张或反对这个观点,只是想简述给你们,以便去理解那些在此基础上的论点

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

I'm not--it's not my goal here to argue for or against these theological possibilities, having at least taken the time to explain philosophically how we could make sense of them.

我的目的不是想要争辩,这些神学上的可能，花时间来从哲学上解释,我们如何弄清这些道理。

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