He wants to replace that with a new kind of, I want to call it rational citizenship, philosophical citizenship.

他想要以一种,新型态取而代之，我称之为理性的公民社会，达观的公民社会。

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In it he asks "What is the intellectual quality that successful statesmen possess that distinguishes their knowledge "? from all other forms of rationality and knowledge?"

书中他提问,“何种智力特质,是成功政治家们所应具备,以使其知识有别于,所有其它种类的理性与知识,他的回答如下“

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Immanuel Kant described very well the problem with skepticism when he wrote "Skepticism is a resting place for human reason, where it can reflect upon its dogmatic wanderings, but it is no dwelling place for permanent settlement."

康德曾很贴切地描述了怀疑论的不足,他写道，怀疑论是人类理性暂时休憩的场所，是理性自省，以伺将来做出正确抉择的地方，但绝非理性的永久定居地“

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To be a political animal means first to possess speech or reason that allows us to participate in a community or a way of life governed by shared standards of justice and injustice.

要成为政治动物的首要,是拥有演说或理性的能力,以让我们参与社群,或由共享公正,与不公标准所统治的生活方式。

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We tend to look at human behavior as a matter of providing rational incentives for human action while most people, in fact, are driven by a need for esteem and a desire to avoid humiliation.

通常，我们倾向于以理性地分析其动机为标准,来看待人的行为是否正确合理,而其他人则是以赢得自尊和避免羞辱为标准,来判断一个人的行为是否合理。

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