In the best regime if we were to inhabit such political philosophy would be unnecessary or redundant. It would wither away.

如果我们身处最优政体之中,压根不需要政治哲学,其亦显得累赘，而会逐渐消逝。

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This tension of course between the best regime and any actual regime is the space that makes political philosophy possible.

张力当然存在于最优政体与现行政体之间,而那正是政治哲学,得以生存的地带。

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This is the best introductory text to ? the study of Political Philosophy. Why?

是研习政治哲学,最佳的入门文章，为何？

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Political philosophy is always guided by the question of the best regime.

政治哲学永远受到,最优政体问题的指引。

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You might say that the best way to learn what political philosophy is is simply to study and read the works of those ! who have shaped the field--yes right?

你们可能会认为,学习政治哲学最好的方式,只要研读那些,形塑这个领域的著作就好了，没错吧？

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