And these are the qualities taken together that Socrates calls justice, that can only be achievedwhen reason is in control of the appetites and desires.

而这些特质合在一起,便是苏格拉底所谓的正义，达成的方法,仅有透过由理性控制欲望与渴求。

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Is it a book about what we today might call moral psychology ? and the right ordering of the human soul, which is a prominent theme addressed in this work?

或是一本,我们在今日所谓道德心理学,及人类灵魂之正义规范的书，因这些重要的主题正是本作品所大量陈述？

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