And it is that conflict, as it were, between what we might call worldliness and innocence that is the core of Machiavelli's moral code.

可以说，正是那种冲突,那种我们可以称之为世俗理念与纯洁无知之间,的冲突，是马基雅维利道德准则的核心所在。

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You have to learn, in other words, how to get your hands dirty. Between the innocence of the Christian and the worldliness of Machiavelli's new morality, there can be no reconciliation.

换句话说，你必须学会如何弄污你的手,在基督教的纯洁观与,马基雅维利新道德中的世俗观之间,没有任何回旋的余地。

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