He begins in many ways by appearing to defend Plato's view about the rule of the best individual.

此为其正义，他一开始看似在捍卫,柏拉图的观点，即最优个体的统治。

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Individuals of heterodox belief but whose own views may stimulate others to question and think for themselves, all to the good, Milton, John Locke, people like Voltaire argued something like this.

如苏格拉底持非正统信念的个体,他们的观点,可能激励其它人反省,及内思，所有的好人，米尔顿，洛克及像伏尔泰等人,都做过类似的申辩。

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In 1859, Mill wrote a famous book on liberty, the main point of which was the importance of defending individual rights and minority rights, and in 1861, toward the end of his life, he wrote the book we read as part of this course, "Utilitarianism."

859年穆勒写了本关于自由的名著，书里的主要观点是,争取个体和少数群体权利的重要性，1861年，在晚年时期，他写了《功利主义》，这也属于本课的阅读资料“

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