The two are open to persuasion, to consider alternatives, perhaps even radical alternatives, to the society that has nurtured them.

两人都愿接受劝说，并考虑替代性作法,或甚至是极端的替代方案，以改变哺育他们的社会。

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That is to say the character of those who constitute a city and here he rejects a number of alternatives for what constitutes a citizen body.

也就是说那些构成城市者的特质,而在这，他拒绝了不少,替代构成公民本体的方案。

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