The philosopher is described by Plato as someone with knowledge of the eternal forms, lying behind or beyond the many particulars.

哲学家在柏拉图的形容下,是拥有永恒知识，置身于许多特殊事物之后或之外的人。

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In it he asks "What is the intellectual quality that successful statesmen possess that distinguishes their knowledge "? from all other forms of rationality and knowledge?"

书中他提问,“何种智力特质,是成功政治家们所应具备,以使其知识有别于,所有其它种类的理性与知识,他的回答如下“

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There is considerable evidence for different forms of innate knowledge and innate desires and we'll look--and we'll talk about it in detail when we look at case studies like language learning, the development of sexual preference, the developing understanding of material objects.

大量不同形式的证据,证明了先天知识和先天欲望的存在,当我们讲到语言学习，性偏好发展,以及物质客体理解的发展，等主题的个案研究时，会来细讲这些证据。

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It seems not enough that the philosopher have knowledge of the forms but this knowledge has to be supplemented by experience, by judgment and by a kind of practical rationality.

看起来,仅是哲学家拥有某种形式的知识还不够,这知识,还要有经历的加持，以及一种实际的合理性判断。

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