The regime for him is not one branch of human activity among others it is the fundamental principle or ordering principle that makes all the others even possible.

对他而言,政体并非人类活动的一个分支,而是基本的原则,或说是指导原则,使所有其它学科化作可能,这就是为何。

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At no other point in the Republic, I think, do we see so clearly the tension between philosophical reflectiveness. on the one hand, in the sense of camaraderie, mutuality and esprit de corps necessary for political life on the other.

理想国》书中再也没有其它情节，能将这般清楚地将张力,展现在哲思深虑，化作同伴忠诚、相互关系及团队精神之间,且是天秤另一端之,政治生活所必备。

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