different causes to which they may feel some attraction,

另外吸引人的原因还有
interested in wars and revolutions that they see or have heard about.

他们对所听说的战争与改革吸引了
It is to learn more about these things that we come to

研究政治我们便能够对这方面
the study of politics.

认识更多
It's as true now as it was in the time of Aristotle.

事实上亚里士多德的年代也是如此
Aristotle certainly recognized that the accumulation of political

亚里士多德也清楚意识到政治上的积累
knowledge, you might say the gathering of data,

你可以认为是收集资料
the organization of facts, is very important.

整理事实是非常重要的
Books III, IV, V of the Politics shows the

《政治学》的第三四五册给我们
empirical side of Aristotle's politics.

展示了亚里士多德的经验方面
Again, let me just pose the question.

我要再次提出这问题
What is this knowledge for?

这种知识的目的是为什么