His works seem less theoretical constructing abstract models of political life than advice-giving, in the sense of serving as a sort of civic-minded arbiter of public disputes.

他的著作较不偏向理论,建构政治生活的抽象模型看来,反而较像是提供建言，功能像是一种公益型的裁决,旨在处理公共争端。

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But, of course, these models abstract from very important parts of reality, and the next step to do is what?

但是,当然了,模型是由重要的事实抽象而来得,我们接下来该怎么做呢

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