self-possession

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A calm or tranquil state of mind; self - possession.
冷静，沉着头脑镇定或沉着的状态；
It's perfectly impossible, I think, to imagine a stronger statement than this of the authority that Milton gives, the intellectual self-possession that he ascribes, to the individual.
我认为这完全是有可能的，去想一个比弥尔顿,这个理论更有力的论述，他认为每个个人拥有的沉着冷静和泰然自若。
Without embracing the idea of self-possession.
这些其实和'人拥有对自己的所有权'无涉。
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In 2008,the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense, striking down a Washington,D.C.law that banned the possession of handguns in the home.
It's perfectly impossible, I think, to imagine a stronger statement than this of the authority that Milton gives, the intellectual self-possession that he ascribes, to the individual.
我认为这完全是有可能的，去想一个比弥尔顿,这个理论更有力的论述，他认为每个个人拥有的沉着冷静和泰然自若。
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His self-confidence and self-possession come in part from the fact that he enjoys a life outside the world of sailing.
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How does this fit among disorders that allow for greater self-possession?
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