来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第1集 第1集》

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  nor can they be met by recourse to the experience
  同时也不能因为他们的典型性
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  of other cultures where
  一时不够显著
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  these characteristics have not been prominent.
  而诉求于其他的文明
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  In other words,
  换句话说
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  to understand and cope with the problems that we all face,
  为了理解并解决我们所面对的问题
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  we all need to know and to grapple with the Western experience.
  我们必须了解并掌握西方文明的经验
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  In my view, we need especially to examine the older traditions
  所以我认为 我们得研究学习古时的
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  of the West that came before the modern era,
  西方文明体系
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  and to take seriously the possibility
  认真的对待其中
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  that useful wisdom can be found there,
  实用智慧的潜在价值
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  especially among the Greeks who began it all.
  特别是古希腊人的经验
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  They understood the potentiality of human beings,
  因为他们深知人的潜能