And I think it made a marginal but real contribution to the possibility of normalization of relations there.

我觉得我们的贡献不大，但实实在在,帮助实现了两国的重新建交。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

I don't know that I have an answer to this, but perhaps the Republic as a whole is itself a piece of this Socratic poetry that will substitute for the Homeric kind.

我不确定我对这有预备答案，但也许整部《理想国》,就是一部苏老式的诗学,用以取代荷马史诗。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

I've assigned a full two weeks to the Republic, which would be four lectures, but because I wanted to do some other things with the course as well, I had to cut the Republic by one lecture, and now I'm paying for that today.

我会分配两周的时间来消化《理想国》,等同四堂讲课，但因为我想要,加一些内容到课堂来，所以我必需砍掉《理想国》的一堂课，今天我要付出代价。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

But I want to start with what is one of the grand themes of the Republic, it is indicated in Book II by Adeimantus' speech about self-control.

但我想从《理想国》中的,一个重要主题开场，在第，II，册,由，Adeimantus，关于自控的谈话中所引出。

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