And the question posed by the Republic, in many ways, the question around which the book as a whole gravitates, is whether this thumotic quality can be controlled.

而《理想国》所提呈的问题，在很多方面，这些整本书,重点环绕的问题，是这些，Thumos，特质是否能受控制。

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