来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：政治哲学导论 第8集 第8集》
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Their distinctive customs, manners, laws,如他们独特的习俗 礼仪 律法 -
habits, moral dispositions and sentiments,习惯 道德标准 喜好和情感 -
and Aristotle's constitutional theorizing亚里士多德的理论构建 -
begins by asking a simple question.是通过提出和解答一个简单问题实现的 -
What is the identity of a city?什么是一个城邦所认同的身份 -
What gives it its identity and enduring existence over time?是什么给予城邦身份且弥久不变 -
His answer is the regime;他的回答是政体 -
the regime is what gives a people and a city its identity.政体给了一个民族和一个城邦身份认同 -
Aristotle distinguishes between亚里士多德区分了 -
what he calls the matter and the form of the regime.他所谓的政体的质料和形式 -
Let me examine both of these in turn.由我来依次对其一一检视 -
The matter, the substance,质料或物质