A typically Greek problem is where there is a contradiction that you've got to live with;you can't resolve.

一个典型的希腊式的问题,你必须面对一个无法调和的矛盾局面

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The Apology and the Crito represent a tension, they represent even a conflict between two more or less permanent and irreconcilable moral codes.

苏格拉底自辩篇》和《克里托篇》,代表着一种张力，它们甚至可说代表着两种,多少算是永恒,且无法调和的道德规范。

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These constitute two irreconcilable alternatives, two different callings, so to speak, and any attempt, I think, to reconcile or to synthesize these two can only lead to a deep injustice to each.

这包含了两种无法调和的准则，两种不同的召唤，可以说任何想要，调和或综合两者的意图,仅会导致双方皆产生深度的不义。

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