来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲 第4集 第4集》

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  "Plato holds" Or "Socrates argues,"
  "柏拉图认为"或者"苏格拉底认为"
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  because for our purposes it's all the same.
  因为就这门课的目的而言两种说法是等效的
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  But there's one other
  但是 还有一个地方
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  complication that you've got to be warned about,
  我要提醒你们
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  which is this. Because these are dialogues
  那就是 由于这些是对话作品
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  and they take the form of philosophical arguments,
  且它们全都采用了哲学论证的形式
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  people put forward views and then,
  即 人们先提出观点 然后
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  over the course of the discussion,
  在讨论的过程中
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  change their minds about things.
  改变自己的关于事物想法
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  And they take them back.
  随即收回之前的话
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  And maybe something similar
  也许类似的情形
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  is going on when Socrates says something.
  在苏格拉底身上也发生过