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Let's go over to page 628, get into some of this thinking stuff on Arthur's camp
我們翻到628頁 來了解一下關于亞瑟的陣營的一些思考
He has all kinds of questions here,
他在這有各種各樣的問題
and I try not to take too much time in any one part of this,
這任何的一部分 我盡量不花費太多時間
but I don't want to go too fast, either,
但我也不想進行得太快
so we get through it today
所以今天我們學完它
There's a summary of sorts on page 628
在628頁 有一段總結性的話
As we start that paragraph, Arthur was tired out
我們從亞瑟筋疲力盡那段開始
In other words, he's had this long attempt to try to change things
換言之 為了盡力改變事情 他已經付諸了太多太久的努力
He's used all his energy
他已經用盡了他所有的精力
He's used his entire life,
基本上從他是個成人后
basically since he's an adult, trying to produce a lasting, perfect civilization
他已經傾盡了他整個人生 去嘗試創造出持久的完美的文明
That has been his quest
那一直是他的追求
But what's now, the situation?
但是現在是什么情況呢
His son's trying to kill him and his country is at war so he obviously had failed
他的兒子企圖殺了他 他的國家陷入戰爭之中 所以很顯然 他已經失敗了
And we picked up there,
我們挑選大概是
maybe a little bit below the middle,
在中間稍微靠下的話
the line that starts with "wagging"
這行的開頭是"搖擺的"
It says, "He had been taught by Merlin to believe that man was perfectible"
這行寫到"梅林教育他去相信 人類是可以變得完美的"
You know, a good enlightening viewpoint
你們知道 一個好的啟發性觀點
In the enlightenment
在這個啟迪中
That's where we get all these stories about people being dumped on islands
我們得到了所有的故事 關于人們被遺棄在群島上
Not like the "Survivors",
不像"幸存者"
but people being dumped on islands with the idea that if you left man to his own devices,
但是遺棄在群島上的人們有這種觀點 那就是如果你讓人自生自滅
he would produce a perfect civilization
他將創造出一個完美的文明
And so man was perfectible
所以 人是可是變得完美的
"That he was worth,
他是有價值的
he was on the whole more decent than beastly
大體上他的本性中正直多于野蠻
that good was worth trying
值得嘗試追求美好
That there was no such thing as original sin
沒有諸如原罪的說法
So this is Arthur's departure point
所以這就是亞瑟的出發點
What had Merlin done with Arthur?
梅林對亞瑟做了什么呢
He had been forged
亞瑟被
Arthur had been forged as a weapon for the aid of man
亞瑟已經被打造成了一個幫助人類的武器
on the assumption that men were good
并建立在人性本善的假定上
And we use this word "men"
我們使用"人類"這個詞
