The philosopher is described by Plato as someone with knowledge of the eternal forms, lying behind or beyond the many particulars.

哲学家在柏拉图的形容下,是拥有永恒知识，置身于许多特殊事物之后或之外的人。

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Our system, therefore, so far as regards this inferior race, rests upon this great immutable law of nature."

因此,我们政府在对待这一劣等种族时,必须以这一永恒的自然规律为基础"

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In a way it's a tribute to the great creator and also an acknowledgement of the fact that the great creator lives in the Eternal Moment.

从一方面来看，这是对造物主的赞颂,也是在承认,造物主住在永恒的世界。

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Rather the great works provide us so to speak with a repository of fundamental or permanent questions that political scientists still continue to rely on in their work.

而不是靠巨著来回答,这么来说吧，大量基本或永恒的问题,同时也是政治科学家,仍持续在其著作中所倚赖的根本。

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But the point is that this form of immortality is available to Tellus because of his place in the polis, because of the deeds he does for the polis, and that is the greatest possible payoff.

但是关键是,特勒斯之所以能成为永恒,是因为他在城邦中的地位,是因为他在城邦之中的功绩,这也许就是得以永存的最佳途径

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So much more important than historical verifiability is the conviction of the ancient Israelites who received and venerated these traditions, and developed them, and embellished them, that God had once acted on their behalf, rescuing them from bondage, binding them to himself in an eternal covenant.

无比史料证明更重要的是,古代以色列人坚定的信仰,他们接受并且崇敬那些传统，将它们发扬，美化它们，认为上帝曾为了他们而行动，将他们从奴役中解救，在永恒的契约中将他们与上帝联系在一起。

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