But he thought that it should be channeled through state obligations, be there taxes or labor duties.

他认为为国尽忠就应该,通过缴税或者服劳役来履行国家义务

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

A famous professor at a distant university was said to have begun his lectures on the Republic by saying, " "Now we will consider Plato, the fascist."

一位在远地的著名教授据说曾,以下列句子,开始讲授《理想国》,“我们现在要来谈柏拉图，法西斯份子“

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

I've assigned a full two weeks to the Republic, which would be four lectures, but because I wanted to do some other things with the course as well, I had to cut the Republic by one lecture, and now I'm paying for that today.

我会分配两周的时间来消化《理想国》,等同四堂讲课，但因为我想要,加一些内容到课堂来，所以我必需砍掉《理想国》的一堂课，今天我要付出代价。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选