The basic thing, though, is that every country has to take the insights that have been developed around the world.

但是最基本的是,每个国家都要不断学习,世界各地的先进理论。

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No, they weren't like that, the Greeks were ahead of them and it's evident that they borrowed stuff from the Greeks in every element of life, although it didn't shape their lives in a potent, fundamental way.

不,他们不是文明的,希腊人比他们先进,也有证据表明,他们从希腊人那里学习了生活中的各种东西,虽然这些并未从根本上,有力地改变他们的生活

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