at least among the guardian class of the city,

至少在统治阶级内部
and the use of selected lies and myths,

还有选定的谎言和神话
what would today probably be called ideology or propaganda,

就像今天我们所说的意识形态和政治宣传
as tools of political rule.

作为政治统治的工具
It would seem that far from utopia,

这似乎离乌托邦很远
the Republic represents a radical dystopia, a satire, in some sense,

《理想国》展示了激进的反乌托邦在某种意义上
of the best polity.

是对最佳政体的一种讽刺
In fact, much of modern political science is directed against Plato's legacy.

事实上许多现代政治学观点是直接与柏拉图针锋相对的
The modern state, as we have come to understand it,

正如我们开始明白的
is based upon the separation of civil society from governing authority.

近代国家是以公民社会和统治特权的分离为基础的
The entire domain of what we call private life separated from the state.

我们所谓的私人生活的全部领域与国家的分离
But Plato's Republic recognizes no such separation

但是柏拉图的《理想国》不承认存在这样的分离