the civilization is a concept which is opposite to barbarism, fatuity and ignorance. it symbolizes the progressive degree and civilized state of human society.
文明是一个与野蛮、愚昧和无知相对应的概念,标志着人类社会进步的程度和开化的状态。
the first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.
文明国家的第一原则是:权力只有通过合约授予才是合法的。
man has developed consciousness slowly and laboriously, in a process that took untold ages to reach the civilized state (which is arbitrarily dated from the invention of script in about 4000 b.
人类意识的形成是一个缓慢而艰难的过程,经历了无数世代后才达到文明状态(或许可以上溯至约公元前4000年时的文字发明)。
the lowest police officer of the civilized state has more 「authority」 than all the organs of gentile society put together;
文明国家的一个最微不足道的警察,都拥有比氏族社会的全部机构加在一起还要大的「权威」;