This can be a problem even though earwax appears to serve an important purpose.

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Even in Aristotle's time, it appears slavery was a controversial institution and elicited very different kinds of opinions and responses.

就算是在亚里士多德的年代，奴役已经是争议性的制度,且引起了,十分不同的意见与响应。

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And then there's the late dialogues, where even though Socrates appears, most scholars believe those are probably not the views that the historical Socrates actually believed.

而就柏拉图的晚期对话作品而言,尽管苏格拉底也频频出场,大多数学者认为,那些观点很可能,并不是真实的苏格拉底所持有的

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