使该国王降级到一种纯粹礼仪性的职能难道不更好吗？

Might it not be better to relegate the king to a purely ceremonial function?

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“他不承认，”国王说，“省去那部分吧。”

"He denies it," said the King, "leave out that part."

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“拿出证据来，”国王生气地重复道，“否则我就处决你，不管你害不害怕。”

"Give your evidence," the King repeated angrily, "or I'll have you executed, whether you're nervous or not."

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We can begin to see it is clear how Aristotle's best regime differs from Plato's intransigent demand for the rule of philosopher-kings.

我们可以开始清楚地发现,亚里士多德的最佳政体,如何有别于柏拉图,对哲学家国王统治的不妥协要求。

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Let me say, I am by no means convinced that the idea for the philosopher-king is an impossibility or is intended as a kind of absurdity.

我要声明，我决不采信,哲学家国王概念,不可能的说法,或说那是种荒谬的说法。

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Milton actually wrote that it was the duty, not just the right but the duty, of a nation to rise up and dethrone through execution an unjust, though legitimate, king.

弥尔顿实际上写道，站起来通过处决而废黜，一个尽管合法却不公正的国王是一个国家的义务,不仅仅是权利，而且还是义务。

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