One of his propagandists said this about him: "The pristine form of the Republic was recalled as of old."

他的一位传道者这么描述他：,“共和制的纯净形式已经恢复，如同旧时“

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The allusion to Aristophanes and the comic poet is a part of what Plato calls in Book X of the Republic the old quarrel between philosophy and poetry.

提及亚里斯多芬尼斯,是柏拉图《理想国》第10卷中所述,哲学与诗学长时争论的一部份,这项争论亦是柏拉图辩证的主体。

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