来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：政治哲学导论 第3集 第3集》
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to persuade some of you about this,"要让你们其中的一些人相信我的话 -
he says, about his way of life.(译者注:关于有人要他离开并安静地过日子) -
"For if I say that "this is to disobey the god如果我说 "这是对神的不敬 -
and because of this it's impossible to keep quiet"所以我不可能保持沉默" -
you will not be persuaded by me你们肯定不会相信我 -
on the grounds that I am being ironic.反而会认为我是在讽刺 -
And on the other hand," he says,从另一方面来看 他说 -
"If I say that "this even happens to be如果我说 -
a very great good for a human being"人能做的最大的好事 -
that is to make speeches every day about virtue便是天天谈论美德和思考人生 -
and that the unexamined life并且 没有反思的生活 -
is not worth living for a human being",是不值得过的"