Error is not a poetic elaboration on things which somehow, as it does in Plato's view, undermines the integrity of that truth identified by philosophers.

错误并不是对事物一种诗化的详细阐释，正如柏拉图的观，这种阐释以某种方式削减了，被哲学家认同的真理，的诚实性。

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exhibits a sort of lofty detachment to the more or less petty things that weigh most of us down.

这类人展现了一种,对琐碎事物的崇高超脱,让我们大多数人无地自容。

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He says that the Greeks never invented anything, but everything they borrowed they improved upon.

他说希腊实际上从没有发明什么事物,但是对借来的每一种事物都做出了改进

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Isn't there a kind of logical requirement that for something to be bad for you ? you've got to be around to receive that bad thing?

难道没有这样一种逻辑要求吗,如果有什么事物对你来说有坏处,你不是应该去接受那个有害的事物吗？

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There's a kind of aspect of value for many of us where we feel that something's especially valuable if it won't endure, if it's fragile, or if it's rare.

对我们许多人来说，有一种价值的方面在于,如果某事物不是持续的，如果是易碎的,或者是稀有的，我们就觉得它特别有价值。

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