His works seem less theoretical constructing abstract models of political life than advice-giving, in the sense of serving as a sort of civic-minded arbiter of public disputes.

他的著作较不偏向理论,建构政治生活的抽象模型看来,反而较像是提供建言，功能像是一种公益型的裁决,旨在处理公共争端。

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They seem to be designed less to recruit philosophers and potential philosophers than to shape and educate citizens and future statesmen.

它们看来较不像,要吸引哲学家,和潜在哲学家,反倒像是要形塑及教育公民,和未来的政治家。

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The question was: I said it seems plausible to say my soul is located, more or less, here because I seem to view the world from here.

这个问题是,我说过我的灵魂,极有可能存在于某个位置,至少我似乎能从这看到世界

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