来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第9集 第9集》

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  because the Spartans carried to this extreme degree
  因为斯巴达人将城邦是希腊人的生活中心
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  the feeling that the polis was the center of a Greek man's life,
  这一意识推至极致
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  and that it had the virtues
  并认为一切将城邦
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  that were associated with the polis to an extraordinary degree.
  推向更高层次的行为都是美德
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  Now, they admired it very,
  当时 希腊人民非常非常
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  very much but they didn't admire it so much
  敬佩他们 但是他们还没有敬佩到
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  they were ready to live like the Spartans,
  已经准备好像斯巴达人那样生活的程度
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  because the price was very high indeed.
  因为代价确实太高了
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  One other thing to remember as we take a look at
  另外一件需要强调的是
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  the way the Spartans lived was that they became a sort of a model
  我们所看到的斯巴达人的生活方式
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  for the philosophers who came along in the late fifth
  成为了前四世纪末五世纪初浮现出的
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  and into the fourth century.
  哲学家们的生活典范