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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of the West that came before the modern era,西方文明体系 -
and to take seriously the possibility认真的对待其中 -
that useful wisdom can be found there,实用智慧的潜在价值 -
especially among the Greeks who began it all.特别是古希腊人的经验 -
They understood the potentiality of human beings,因为他们深知人的潜能 -
their limitations and the predicament in which they live.极限以及人类生活的困境 -
Man is potent and important,人是强大而重要的 -
yet he is fallible and mortal,但人也是会犯错并不免一死的 -
capable of the greatest achievements and the worst crimes.人既能取得辉煌成就也能犯下滔天大罪 -
He is then a tragic figure, powerful but limited,人就是个悲剧 既强大又弱小 -
with freedom to choose and act, but bound by his own nature,虽可自由的追求 却又被自身所限制 -
knowing that he will never人是不可能