Siblings, as everyone knows, may be the best of friends,

如大家所知兄弟姐妹能成为最好的朋友
but this does not exclude strong elements of competition,

但是这并不排斥竞争的激烈因素
rivalry, and even conflict for the attention of the parents,

对抗甚至发生冲突以引起父母注意
and fellow citizens, for Aristotle, are like siblings,

对亚里士多德而言城邦公民就如兄弟姐妹
each competing with one another for the esteem, the affection,

大家为了荣誉情感和认同感相互竞争
and the recognition of the city that serves for them as a kind of surrogate parent.

城邦中的认同感对市民来说如父母一般
That is the way that Aristotle understands

亚里士多德就是用这种方式理解
a civic body, a citizen body.

市民体这个概念的
So that when he says that citizens are held together by ties of common

因此当他讲到市民是因情感团结时
affection he means something very specific.

他有具体的所指
The civic bond is more than an aggregate of mere self-interest

公民纽带比单纯的个人利益或
or rational calculation as was going to be defended by someone like Thomas

托马斯霍布斯等人所推崇的理性计算