So, that meant the concept that there is something that all of us are--have in common, that make us all Hellenes now exists.

所以,这意味着这样的概念,即我们之间是有共性的,这些共性让我们希腊人成为现在的样子

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And I wanted to show that common knowledge is not such an obvious a concept, as I've made it seem on the board.

我想让大家明白,共同知识并不是像我写在黑板上的,是一个想当然的概念

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The common good became a real concept and one that, unfortunately, some of his successors didn't some of his successors didn't take terribly seriously.

他使追求公共利益真正成为深入人心的理念,不幸的是,他的接下来的继任者并不把这当回事儿

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