Only a small city, small enough to be governed by relations of trust, can be political, in Aristotle's sense of the term.

仅有一座小城，小到能由信任的关系来管治，才能称作是政治社会，这是以亚里士多德的标准看来。

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The large polyglot, multiethnic communities of today would not, on Aristotle's account, allow for sufficient mutual trust and friendship to count as a healthy political community.

大量精通数种语言者，今日的多民族小区，在亚里士多德看来，将无法提供足够的相互信任与友爱,因此无法被认作是健康的政治社群。

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