engaged in this ongoing conversation and debate over the very

需要不间断地从事讨论正义的本质的
nature of justice, to refuse to participate in that

工作一旦拒绝参加这种社交
conversation, to declare oneself an outsider to it,

摆明我是一个外人的身份的时候
he says, is either to be below humanity or above it.

他说只能是低人或高人一等的人了
To be human is to be part of that conversation.

人就是社交的一部分
The centrality Aristotle ascribes to politics forces us to consider

亚里士多德的政治中心迫使我们
another question, namely what is the purpose of this

去考虑另外的问题也就是研究政治的
study?

目的
Why do we engage in it?

我们为什么从事这工作
At first glance, this seems to be overwhelmingly

乍看之下这是非常明显的
obvious--to gain more knowledge.

就是我们想要学到更多的知识
But knowledge of what and for what?

但是什么类型的知识呢为何而研究呢