"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?"

“好了，”苏格拉底最后总结说，“假如你将要告诉我的东西既非真实，亦非好事，也非有用，为什么还要告诉我呢？”

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"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither true, nor good, nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?"

“好吧，”苏格拉底总结道，“如果你要告诉我的事情既不是真的，又不是好事，甚至毫无用处，那你又何必告诉我呢？”

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I got to confess to you that Socrates doesn't quite conclude the way I'd have thought he would have concluded, so I had the arguement conclude 6 the soul can't be destroyed.

我必须跟你们说明,苏格拉底得出的结论,并不是我认为,他应该得出的结论，我的论点以6结束6,6说的是灵魂不会毁灭。

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But I want to say, on Plato's behalf, no, it's not, on behalf of the argument, Socrates should never have concluded the argument with this odd qualifying phrase that the soul is indestructible or nearly so.

但是我想代表柏拉图说，不，是代表这个论证，苏格拉底绝不该,在这个结论里,加上这个奇怪的量的修饰词,灵魂几乎是不可摧毁的。

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