What Alexander had wanted to do was to take all these different peoples, who spoke different languages and had different customs, and use a Greek layer to sort of unite his empire overall.

亚历山大的理想是，让所有说不同语言，不同习俗的民族，用一种希腊文化统一帝国。

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All of these intellectual and moral customs and habits helped to constitute the democratic regime.

这些知性与道德风俗与习惯均,有助于建构出民主政体。

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