The philosopher can never be truly loyal to anyone or anything but what is best.

哲学家永远都不会真的对任何人或事物忠诚,而是追求最好的人事物。

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So you'd have a patron who would be higher class, richer, more powerful, have some political power, and you would be loyal to your patron, and your patron would then represent you in court, try to get you jobs, try to get you more business, do all the kinds of things that patrons do for their clients.

要找个比你社会地位高，比你有钱有权，有一定政治影响力的庇护人，你也要忠诚于他，庇护人会在法庭上代表你，帮你找工作，帮你介绍生意，各种庇护人为被庇护人做的事。

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And some of them, frankly folks, were deeply sincere in that.

还有些人,一些正直的人们,对此非常忠诚

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Justice is devotion to one's own.

正义即一个人的忠诚。

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