And so I said that the nations of the world will never cease from trouble until either the true breed of philosophers shall come to political office or until that of the rulers shall, by some divine law, " take the pursuit of philosophy."

所以我说,世界上的国家和种族永远不会停止纷争,直到正牌的哲学家,接管政权,或直到统治者都受某种神圣法律所辖，开始追求哲学“

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Again, I want to say it's the because in Egypt the whole Nile Valley-- because I think of the nature of the Nile Valley-- became totally centralized, under the rule of one man, the Pharaoh, and he commanded the whole thing.

我想强调的是,由于在埃及的整个尼罗河流域,当然,我认为尼罗河流域的政权性质,是完全集权化的,法老是唯一的统治者,并且他控制着所有事物

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