Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.

  • -- Baruch Spinoza 斯宾诺莎

只有那个东西是自由的,它存在于它自己的本性的需要之中,并且是由它自己的行为所决定的。

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The indestructible is one: it is each individual human being and, at the same time, it is common to all, hence the incomparably indivisible union that exists between human beings.

坚不可摧是一:它是每一个个体的人,同时也是所有人的共性,因此人类之间存在着不可比拟的不可分割的统一。

No state is free from militarism, which is inherent in the very concept of the sovereign state. There are merely differences of degree in the militarism of states.

任何国家都不能摆脱军国主义,这是主权国家概念所固有的。各国的军国主义只是程度不同。

It's hard to say, 'I don't believe in God.' I would love to know if God exists. But it's a very difficult thing for me to believe.

很难说,‘我不相信上帝。“我很想知道上帝是否存在。但我很难相信。

I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where I was born a slave.

作为一个自由人,我可以隔着海湾眺望我出生的东海岸。