来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介第4集第4集》

He lights out and wants to get away from society,

他背包起程远离社会
he wants to go wandering and exploring,

渴望流浪与探险
as an individual rejecting society,

作为一个背叛社会的个体
fleeing for his individualism,and that tradition,

追求他的个人主义这样的传统
as you all know--how many examples can we think of works

你们知道这样的例子在各种著作中屡见不鲜
that really project the greatness of being all by yourself

远离群体远离社会
and away from people,and away from society.

体现了实现自我的伟大
That's where good things are.

这是好事情
The Greeks would have thought you were out of your mind,

希腊人会认为你疯了
or that you were some kind of barbarian, but that's okay.

或者将你视为野蛮人那也无所谓
People who have never known of civil society;

希腊人认为不知道文明社会的人
people who have never known of a world with polis,

也不会知道城邦的世界