细想出现在《理想国》第，VIII，册的以下这一段，我鼓励大家阅读，虽然它并未列在我指定的清单上。

Consider this passage in Book VIII of the Republic that I encourage you to read but is not on your assigned list.

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罗恩·保罗：嗯，我们还没有实现过这个理想国，大约也不会，不过我认为我们的国家在开始的时候非常不错。

Ron Paul: Well, we haven’t reached the ideal and we’re not likely to, but I think our country started off pretty well.

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今天我有个不可能的任务，完成《理想国》剩余的部份，依照我指定给同学的进度。

Today I have the impossible task of finishing the parts of the Republic that I have assigned for the class.

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Today I have the impossible task of finishing the parts of the Republic that I have assigned for the class.

今天我有个不可能的任务,完成《理想国》剩余的部份,依照我指定给同学的进度。

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In one sense, the Republic, and I've given some indications of this today, seems to be the most anti-democratic book ever written.

从某方面看来，《理想国》,与我今天所谈到的一些迹象看来，似乎是有史以来,最反民主的书。

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Blanc said the ideal society is based on the principle of, and now I quote, "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs."

勃朗说理想国,应建立在这样的原则上，以下由我引用，各尽所能，按需分配“

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