It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause of its necessity outside of itself but is the cause of necessity in other things. And all people call this thing God.

  • -- Thomas Aquinas 托马斯·阿奎那

必须假定某物是它自身所必需的,并且在它自身之外没有它的必然性的原因,而在别的事物里却是必然性的原因。所有人都称这个为上帝。

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It was both necessary and desirable for us to be so strong at sea that no Sea Power could attack us without risk, so that we might be free to protect our oversea interests, independently of the influence and the choice of other Sea Powers.

我们在海上如此强大是必要的,也是可取的,没有一个海上强国可以不冒风险地攻击我们,这样我们就可以自由地保护我们的海外利益,不受其他海上强国的影响和选择。

That whose existence is necessary must necessarily be one essence.

它的存在是必要的,必然是一个本质。