So one thing you will quickly note is that there are no permanent answers in a study of political philosophy.

有一件你们会马上注意到的事,就是没有永恒的答案,可用以研究政治哲学。

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The philosopher is described by Plato as someone with knowledge of the eternal forms, lying behind or beyond the many particulars.

哲学家在柏拉图的形容下,是拥有永恒知识，置身于许多特殊事物之后或之外的人。

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The work is not, in a sense, written simply as a sort of timeless philosophical treatise, but as a dramatic dialogue with a setting, a cast of characters and a firm location in time and place.

但本书的著作目的，不仅是,永恒的的哲学论述，更是戏剧性的对话，内含场景，人物,及一个确切时间与位置。

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