The great philosophers had arguments that they were putting forward to try to persuade us of the truths of their positions.

这些伟大的哲学家们做出了论证,来使我们相信,他们观点的正确性

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Did you go along with his policies, or did you try to persuade him and change his mind?

是同意他的政策,还是说服他改变主意？

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And I'm going to try-- and when these issues come up— I'm going to try to stress them and make you try to think about the extent to which the laboratory research I'll be talking about can affect your everyday life: how you study, how you interact with people, how you might try to persuade somebody of something else, what sort of therapy works best for you.

当这些问题出现的时候,我会强调这些问题,并让你们试着思考,想想我将讲到的实验室研究,对你们日常生活的影响,你们是如何学习的,是如何与他人交流的,是如何说服他人去认同别人观点的,哪种心理治疗最适合你

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Why can't you take to the Hustings, persuade your fellow citizens that taxation is unjust and try to get a majority?

你何不去参加竞选，劝说你的同胞,收税不公正的，并争取到大多数人的支持呢？

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But when we build our military, when we promote democracy, when we operate in internationa institutions, when we try to persuade other nations to do what we want.

但当我们壮大军事力量时，当我们宣扬民主，当我们在国际机构处理事务时，当我们试图说服其他国家,听从我们时。

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