政治与国家
“纯粹自然的状态……是一种人人对人人作战的状态。”
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“The condition of mere nature... is a condition of war of every man against every man.”
— 托马斯·霍布斯, The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 03 (of 11)
“人的生活是孤独、贫困、卑污、残忍而短促的。”
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“The life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”
— 托马斯·霍布斯, The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 03 (of 11)
“在文明社会中，为了防止对他人的伤害，而违背其意志对任何成员行使权力的唯一目的，是正当的。”
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“The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.”
— 约翰·斯图尔特·密尔, On Liberty
“人天生是政治动物。”
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“Man is naturally a political animal.”
— 亚里士多德, Politics A Treatise on Government
“自然状态有一种支配它的自然法，它约束着每一个人。”
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“The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one.”
— Locke, Second Treatise of Government
“因为要将两者结合在一个人身上很难，所以被人畏惧比被人爱戴要安全得多。”
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“Because it is difficult to unite them in one person, it is much safer to be feared than loved.”
— 马基雅维利, The Prince
“人口若无限制，将以几何比率增长。生活资料仅以算术比率增长。”
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“Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio. Subsistence increases only in an arithmetical ratio.”
— 托马斯·马尔萨斯, An Essay on the Principle of Population
“兵者，诡道也。”
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“All warfare is based on deception.”
— 孙子, Sun Tzŭ on the Art of War The Oldest Military Treatise in the World
“最强者若不把力量转化为权利，把服从转化为义务，就永远不够强大到足以永远做主人。”
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“The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.”
— Rousseau, The social contract & discourses
“美德只能在平等者之间繁荣。”
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“Virtue can only flourish amongst equals.”
— 玛丽·沃斯通克拉夫特, A vindication of the rights of men, in a letter to the Right Honourable Edmund B
“立法的基石是那种能为最大多数人带来最大幸福的功利。”
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“The foundation of Legislation was that utility which produced the greatest happiness to the greatest number.”
— 杰里米·边沁, Not Paul, but Jesus
“人民的安全是至高无上的法律。”
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“The safety of the people is the supreme law.”
— 西塞罗, On Divination and On the Laws (Yonge Treatises of Cicero)
“哲学家们只是用不同的方式解释世界。然而，关键在于改变世界。”
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“Philosophers have only interpreted the world in different ways. What is crucial, however, is to change it.”
— 卡尔·马克思, Theses on Feuerbach
“至今一切社会的历史都是阶级斗争的历史。”
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“The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.”
— 卡尔·马克思, Manifesto of the Communist Party
“通过扩展女性的心智来增强它，盲目的服从就会终结。”
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“Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience.”
— 玛丽·沃斯通克拉夫特, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
“他在这件事上，正如在许多其他情况下一样，被一只看不见的手引导着去促进一个并非他本意的目的。”
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“He is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention.”
— 亚当·斯密, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
“人口的增长必然受到生活资料的限制。”
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“The increase of population is necessarily limited by the means of subsistence.”
— 托马斯·马尔萨斯, An Essay on the Principle of Population
“一个人不仅可以通过行动，还可以通过不作为来对他人造成伤害。”
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“A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction.”
— 约翰·斯图尔特·密尔, On Liberty
“君主除了战争及其规则和纪律之外，不应有其他目标或思想，也不应选择其他研究对象。”
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“A prince ought to have no other aim or thought, nor select anything else for his study, than war and its rules and discipline.”
— 马基雅维利, The Prince
“人的自然自由是不受世上任何上级权力的支配。”
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“The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on earth.”
— Locke, Second Treatise of Government
“第一个圈起一块土地，想到说“这是我的”，并发现人们天真到足以相信他的人，才是文明社会的真正奠基人。”
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“The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying "This is mine," and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society.”
— Rousseau, The social contract & discourses
“从长远来看，一个国家的价值，就是组成它的个人的价值。”
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“The worth of a State, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.”
— 约翰·斯图尔特·密尔, On Liberty
“每件事物的真实价格，即每件事物对想要获得它的人来说真正付出的代价，就是获得它所付出的辛劳和麻烦。”
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“The real price of every thing, what every thing really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.”
— 亚当·斯密, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
“对蜂群无益的，对蜜蜂也无益。”
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“That which is not good for the swarm, neither is it good for the bee.”
— 马可·奥勒留, Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
“人是生而自由的，但却无往不在枷锁之中。自以为是他人主人的人，反而比他人更是奴隶。”
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“Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they.”
— Rousseau, The social contract & discourses
“没有剑的契约不过是空话，根本没有力量保障一个人的安全。”
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“Covenants, without the Sword, are but Words, and of no strength to secure a man at all.”
— 托马斯·霍布斯, Leviathan