Can democracy that expresses the will of the majority,

表达了多数人意愿的民主
the will of the greater number be rendered compatible with the needs

可以与哲学的需要对唯一原因
of philosophy and the claims to respect only reason and

和更佳争辩的尊重
a better argument?

和睦相处吗
That seems to be the question already posed in this opening scene.

这似乎就是在开篇中所提到的那个问题
Can a compromise be reached between the two?

两者之间可以达成妥协吗
Can the strength of numbers, as well as respect for reason and a

数目的力量可不可以与对理性和更佳辩论的尊敬
better argument be, in some sense, harmonized?

在某种意义上达到和谐
Can they be brought together?

它们可以一同带出吗
Is the just city, perhaps, that Socrates will later consider,

苏格拉底之后考虑到的公正之城
a combination of these two-- of both force and persuasion?

也许是武力和说服力这二者的结合
That will be something left to see.

这些都是留给我们所要想的