By the way, some of it were not pleasant; the cultural wars I found very unpleasant, although it may have been the most important kinds of thing I did.

顺便说一下，这个经历并不是一直很愉快;,我自己不怎么喜欢文化论战，虽然,我最重要的工作很可能是在那个时期。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

If you don't believe me about this, maybe you will consider the words of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, one of the great readers of Plato's Republic.

如果你们不信，也许可以考虑,鲁索的话语，他是最重要的柏拉图《理想国》读者之一。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Being a very small part of that, and part of changing our scale from where we constantly see ourselves as the most important thing in the universe, to suddenly being just a tiny piece.

我们只是宇宙的渺小的一员，我们应当改变我们的观念,不应将自己看做是,宇宙中最重要的，我们只是微小的尘埃。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

The mortality of the human being is a reality and it's of the greatest significance and importance, and of course men are not as strong and as powerful as the gods.

人终有一死,这是事实,这是最重要最显著的一点,当然人类也不像神那么强壮有力

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