来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：政治哲学导论 第4集 第4集》

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  after his return to Athens, after the execution of Socrates.
  写下的著作
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  The dominant feature of Plato's political theory,
  一位伟大的柏拉图读者 大卫·格雷纳 说
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  David Grene, a great reader of Plato,
  柏拉图的政治理论的显著特征
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  has said is "the root and branch character of the change it advocates
  是"对所提倡的现有体制进行
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  and existing institutions."
  全面的改变"
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  Plato's desire for a kind of radical makeover,
  柏拉图对这种激进的转变的渴望
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  of Athenian and Greek political institutions and cultures,
  对雅典和希腊政治体系和文化的转变
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  grew out of his experience of political defeat and despair.
  产生于他的政治失败和绝望的经历
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  The utopianism of the book is, in many ways,
  从很多方面来说 这本书的乌托邦思想
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  the reverse side of the sense of profound disillusionment
  是他的重要醒悟的反面
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  that he felt at the actual experience of the Athenian polis.
  是他在雅典城邦的真实体验
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  This was not only true of his experience at home,
  这不仅对于他的国内经历是成立的