He makes this clear in a famous passage at the beginning of chapter 15 of The Prince.

这个论点在一段著名的段落中清楚提及,就在《君王论》第，15，章的开头。

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I'm going to look sort of with some care at these passages - so all will become clear, but particularly in this: Sidney-- and I didn't exactly quote the passage in which Sidney does this - but I urged you to believe that he does-- Sidney actually ranks poetry somewhere between divinity and the other sciences.

我会重点讲这点,等我讲完你们就明白了-,我不读他的原句了,但我想让你们知道，西德尼的确-,将诗歌排在了,神学和其他科学之间。

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