"He created all the legends about himself.He used to say 'never let the truth get in the way of a good story.' But when you're playing him you have to take away all of those just peel him back to try and find the truth."

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But how did Plato intend this dialogue to be understood? Note that Socrates never defends himself by reference to the doctrine of unlimited free speech.

但柏拉图到底想要这场辩证,如何被理解呢？请注意,苏格拉底的自辩从未援引,无限自由言论学说。

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If Milton as a poet who had never really published anything significant thinks of himself as a virginal writer, then there's an important way in which Milton loses his virginity with his published version of Comus in 1637.

如果弥尔顿作为一个诗人,或者作为一个童贞情节的作家,从来没有出版过任何自我思考的重要作品，那么就有很重要的一点,弥尔顿在1637年出版的《Comus》中失去了童贞。

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