And we might be attracted to the thought that the value of life is increased by its very preciousness.

我们可能会被这种想法所吸引,那就是生命的价值是因为它的珍贵而增长的。

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I thought that the city was then living a kind of life which was unjust and that they would bend it to a just one and so administer it more justly.

我以为当时,城邦的生活不公,但他们会将它转变成公正的,并更公正的管理它。

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