核心畫面

Picture a crown that nobody in the room put on the king's head. It came down from above. Because it came from above, nobody in the room is to ask about it, and a question about the crown is a question about God. The whole phrase is that posture: power that is claimed to come from higher up, and therefore claimed to be beyond argument.

可以想成一頂王冠不是房間裡任何人幫他戴上的,是從上面遞下來的。既然從上面來,房間裡的人就沒有資格問,質疑王冠等於質疑更多收起可以想成一頂王冠不是房間裡任何人幫他戴上的,是從上面遞下來的。既然從上面來,房間裡的人就沒有資格問,質疑王冠等於質疑神。divine right 講的就是這個姿態:權力宣稱來自更高的地方,所以宣稱不容討論。