Because Magna Carta attempted to set limits to political power without grounding these limits in the sovereignty of the people, it demonstrated a problem with which philosophers have grappled for even longer than 800 years. From where do the principles that constrain rulers come, if from neither the rulers nor their subjects?
大宪章试图为政治权力规定界限，但又不把这一界限建立在人民主权的基础上，这造成了一个问题，让哲学家们纠结了800多年。既然约束统治者的原则既非来自统治者，也非来自臣民，那么它们来自何方？