He accepts entirely, or the laws force him to accept entirely, the covenant that every citizen has with the laws that binds them to absolute obedience.

他全盘接受，或说法律迫使他全盘接受，每位公民,与法律的约定,使他们束缚于绝对服从中。

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The breaking of so much as a single law constitutes the essence of anarchy, constitutes the essence of lawlessness, it is a far-reaching argument for obedience to the law.

只要违反一条法律,即可构成失序的本体，混乱的本体，这是一个深远的申论,关于服从法律。

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What would a community ? of Socratic citizens look like, each one picking and choosing, you might say, the laws or the rules to obey or to follow or not to follow.

苏格拉底式的公民社群,会是什么样子，每个人都自己挑选，想服从,遵守及不遵守的法律。

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Socrates seems to remain, even until the end, very much a kind of law unto himself while at the same time, again, providing Crito and others like him an example of rational and dignified obedience to the law.

苏格拉底一直到最后，似乎都保持着一种自我定义的法律,但同时，却也提供克里托及其它同类,一种理信,与庄严的服从法律范例。

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