So I was compelled to say, in praising true philosophy, that it was from it alone that was able to discern any justice.

所以为了，颂扬真正的哲学，我不得不说只有它,才能辨别出所有正义。

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Are the philosophers or are the poets you might say the true legislators for mankind ?! if you want to use Shelley's dictum?

是哲学家或是诗学家,或者你可以说，人类的真正立法者,如果你想要借用雪莱名言的话？

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And so, the philosopher, who has sort of trained himself to separate his mind from his body, to disregard his bodily cravings and desires-- the philosopher will welcome death because at that point he'll truly, finally, make the final break from the body.

所以,那些,已经为灵魂脱离肉体,以及忽视自己的肉体欲望,做好准备的哲学家,将会欢迎死亡的到来,那时他会真正地,最终地,从自己的肉体中解脱出来

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The philosopher seeks to judge those beliefs in the light of true standards in the light of what is always and everywhere true as a quest for knowledge.

哲学家追寻的是以真正的标准,来评判那些信念,鉴于追寻知识,无论在何时何地皆真的标准。

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