He's referring to the Tyranny of the Thirty that existed after the Athenian defeat.

他所指的是三十暴君,成立于雅典兵败之后。

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That is, ultimately they are human beings like anyone else and some of their differences in success or failure may have to do with their own interconnections and their own psychology and interpersonal psychology.

即他们跟其他人一样,都是普通的人,他们的成与败,很大程度上归结于他们自身原因,自我心理以及,人际心理

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