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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  All of them in this situation of being friends,
  在这一制度中的所有人 不管是朋友
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  being associates, being close pals, being all those things,
  伙伴 甚至密友
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  being part of a unit and yet competing within that group
  只要是制度中的一员 就要与其他人竞争
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  for personal recognition and honor and
  为了博得大家的认可和赞扬
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  that is a contradiction,
  这就是矛盾所在
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  and it's a very interesting kind of tug.
  这也是一个非常有趣的拔河比赛
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  I think you know this--
  你们应该知道
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  you have to understand that the Spartans
  那些斯巴达人 在我看来
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  are living in a condition of strain, it seems to me,
  生活在一种非常紧张的社会关系中
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  much greater than most societies impose on people.
  比大多数社会所给予人们的感觉要强烈的多
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  But it's obviously arranged so effectively that it works;
  事实上 这种制度确实非常有效
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  we don't have an evidence sort of mass insanity
  历史上并没有任何关于大量精神病的案例