Socrates seems, or could be seen, to be speaking not just ironically but provocatively in describing himself as a gift of the god.

苏格拉底的言论似乎，或可说看起来不只讽刺,而且挑衅意味十足地将自己,形容成是上帝的恩典。

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it's clipping coupons and he describes his job as figuring out what the coupon is in an equity and if it's high enough he likes it.

就是获得票息,他形容自己的工作就是,发现在股票中的“票息“是什么,以及“票息“是否能够高到让他满意。

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In one of these letters, a famous letter to his friend, Francesco Vettori a man named Francesco Vettori, he describes how he came to write his most famous book.

其中一封信，是写给他的一位知名友人，名为，他形容自己,如何写就其最著名的大作。

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