So, if you take a little country like Scotland, Edinburgh and Glasgow are two major cities.

再说说像苏格兰这样的小国家,爱丁堡和格拉斯哥是它两个主要的城市

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And though you see there's something, you know-- I've been making the case that a polis is a different thing from any other city state.

尽管你了解了一些,你知道,我一直在说,城邦和其他城市国家是不同的

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The city, as Aristotle understands, will always exist in a world with other cities or other states, based on different principles that might be hostile to one's own.

城市，如亚里士多德所认为，将永远会,和其它城市或国家同时存在，根于不同的管理原则,可能还会对自己人怀有敌意。

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