He is the intellectual who enjoys bringing, you might say, the harsh and unremitting facts about human nature to light, who enjoys dispelling illusions and pretty beliefs.

他是一位学者，乐于将人性残酷、,不得宽恕的真实面,摊在阳光下来检视，他更乐于为人破解假想及天真的信念。

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as Plato and Socrates clearly understand, a very real tendency within democracy to identify the good human being, you might say, the good sport, the regular guy, the cooperative fellow, you know, someone who goes along and gets along with others.

柏拉图和苏格拉底清楚地明白，那存在着一种很真实的倾向,在民主之中辨识出好的人性，你也许会说喜爱运动的人，好人，乐于合作的人，即可以轻易和众人,打成一片的人。

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