Yan fu was the first thinker who introduced western liberalism to China. He deeply understood the fundmental idea of western liberalism that individual liberty has ultimate value.

严复是近代中国第一位将西方自由主义引进中国的学者,他深深地领会了西方自由主义的核心要义——个人自由具有终极性价值。

On the level of entirety, partial liberty requires the price of integral certainty, and the integral certainty requires the price of individual liberty.

从整体的分配来看,部分的自由以整体的不确定性为代价,而整体的确定性又以个体自由的牺牲为代价。

To be different, his individuality requires a voluntary renunciation of some degree of individual liberty.

与众不同的是,卡明斯的个性自由是一种在某种程度上自愿有所放弃的个性自由。