is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute."

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I can see how that happens with individual, how in moral man, in moral society, how do we get there as a society?

我有遇到一些很有道德的人，有道德的社会，但是作为整体的社会，应该怎样去做呢？

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When we look at the death of Socrates, do we think of it as a tragedy, as a moral tragedy, ? a just man sentenced to death by an unjust law?

当我们读到苏格拉底之死，我们是否会认为那是一场悲剧，道德悲剧，一名正义之士被不公的法律判处死刑？

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