Plato is not only one of the greatest philosophers in history, he wrote his philosophy in the form of dialogues.

柏拉图是历史上最伟大的哲学家之一,并且,他使用对话体形式来阐述其观点

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But most of the objections to Plato's particular form of the philosophic kingship on the practicality of his idea.

但对柏拉图,特别形式之,哲学王权的异议,在其实践性。

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But there's one other complication that you've got to be warned about, which is this. Because these are dialogues and they take the form of philosophical arguments, people put forward views and then, over the course of the discussion, change their minds about things.

但是,还有一个地方,我要提醒你们,那就是,由于这些是对话作品,且它们全都采用了哲学论证的形式,即,人们先提出观点,然后,在讨论的过程中,改变自己的关于事物想法

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For some, philosophy represents a form of liberation from confusion, from unruly passions and prejudices, from incoherence.

对某些人而言，哲学代表着一种形式,将人从从困惑，任性的激情，偏见，及无厘头中解放出来。

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It seems not enough that the philosopher have knowledge of the forms but this knowledge has to be supplemented by experience, by judgment and by a kind of practical rationality.

看起来,仅是哲学家拥有某种形式的知识还不够,这知识,还要有经历的加持，以及一种实际的合理性判断。

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