Hmm. Well, wait a minute. If I want to sort a list, I'll take one element, I've got to look at probably a lot of the other elements in the list in order to decide where it goes. And that suggests it's going to depend on how long the list is.

我会取一个元素，然后去查看列表,来决定要把那个元素放到哪里,这就意味着它依赖于列表的长度,对，这没什么说服力，但是事实上。

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It's sort of,it's a little like the markets and other things in that there's an element of randomness and an element of skill.

它可以说是一种有点像市场或者类似的其他东西,既包含了随机性,同时又包含了技术性。

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Justice on the other hand,is an element of the polis.

另一方面,公正,也是城邦的一种元素

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But days three and six each have an extra element, And the fact that the first elements here pair up nicely with each other suggests that the extra element on day three and the extra element on day six might also be paired in some important way.

但是第三天和第六天都有一个附加的因素，首要的因素就是这些事物都完美地匹配,这表明，第三天的附加因素,也应该与第六天的附加因素在重要的方面相匹配。

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Philia Civic friendship civic philia is in other words not without a strong element of what might be thought of as sibling rivalry in which each citizen strives to outdo the others for the sake of the civic good.

公民友情，或说公民,并非不具一般所认为的,手足竞争等强烈元素,即每位公民都努力,要胜过其它人，以谋求城市的利益。

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He writes "The nations in cold locations particularly in Europe are filled with spiritedness." There is that platonic word again Thumos thumos are filled with thumos " "but lacking in discursive thought " lacking in the deliberative element in other words.

生存在寒冷地区的民族,特别是在欧洲,都充满了意志“，等同柏拉图的用词,“Thumos，他们都充满了,但缺乏推论的思考能力“,即缺乏商议的要素。

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