He begins his Metaphysics, his great book the Metaphysics, : with the famous opening statement, " "All men have a desire to know."

他开始了其著作《形上学》,他伟大的著作《形上学》,书中的开头陈述即是，“所有人都有求知欲“

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Or is it a book about ? metaphysics and the ultimate structure of being, as certainly many of the later books of the Republic suggest?

亦或是本关于,形上学及存在之极致架构的书，就如同往后许多,诠译《理想国》的书籍所论及的？

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Is it a book about the power of poetry and myth, what we would call the whole domain of culture to shape souls and to shape our societies?

这是本关于诗学与神话力量的书吗，即我们所谓形塑灵魂的文化整体范畴,同时亦形塑了我们的社会？

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