His works seem less theoretical constructing abstract models of political life than advice-giving, in the sense of serving as a sort of civic-minded arbiter of public disputes.

他的著作较不偏向理论,建构政治生活的抽象模型看来,反而较像是提供建言，功能像是一种公益型的裁决,旨在处理公共争端。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

And I was wondering just by way of introduction how do you think that conversation is best carried out, how does the office of campus life and it includes civic engagement, it includes athletics, it includes healthiness, -Yes.

仅为介绍之便，我想问您,您认为怎样才可以最好地执行这种对话？,而且校园生活牵涉了很多部门,这包括公民参与部，包括体育部门，包括卫生部门，-是的。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

The Greeks already had a century's long tradition of poetic education going back centuries to the time of Homer and Hesiod that set out certain exemplary models of heroic virtue and civic life.

希腊人已有世纪长的,诗学教育传统,可回溯到几个世纪前的荷马,与赫西奥德，他们为,英雄美德与公民生活确立了典范。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选