The mockery you might say mockery of Socrates remains one of the sincerest forms of flattery; they took him very seriously.

这些嘲弄，可以这么说,对苏格拉底的嘲弄,仍是最真诚的奉承型式之一；,他们很把他当一回事。

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Whatever form the best regime takes however it will always favor a certain kind of human being with a certain set of character traits.

然而，无论最优的政体是采取那种型式,它都将会永远偏袒某一群人,且会有一些特定的性格特征。

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