And it really didn't matter whether we had the same language or the same culture, but we actually had the same passion and the same desires to achieve things."

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This is the issue for Socrates, how to channel this wild and untamed passion of spirit or heart, how to channel this to some kind of common good.

这是苏格拉底面临的难题，如何引导,这野性不驯的精神或内心热情，如何将其引导至某种共同的良善。

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It's best if you don't know what that is or even if you do mistakenly attribute it, misattribute it, to physical attraction, romance, intimacy, passion and commitment, it's love.

最好是如果你不知道是什么,甚至如果你错误认定，以为是生理吸引力，浪漫，亲密，激情和承诺，那是爱情。

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Or we've got to stay together for appearance's sake or we'd better stay together because financially it would be a disaster if we don't or all of the reasons other than intimacy and passion that people might commit to each other.

或者为了顾全家庭的脸面,最好还是生活在一起,如果任由关系破裂，经济上对双方是一个灾难,各种原因不解释，惟独不包括亲近和激情,两个人承诺在一起。

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