size is a place where all of the citizens,

合适的大小是所有公民
by which he meant the male adult citizens,

他指的所有公民是指所有成年男性公民
could come to a central place

能集中到一个中心广场
and hear a speaker

并且能听到演讲者在说什么
and that number comes out to be about 5,000 male adults.

这个数字大约是五千个成年男性
Plato, being a mathematician, as Aristotle was not,

而和亚里士多德不同作为数学家
decided that the perfect polis would have 5,040 citizens.

柏拉图认为完美的城邦应有五千零四十个公民
Why 5,040, you may ask;do we have any mathematicians among us

你会问为什么是五千零四十个呢
who will give me a quick answer to that?

在座的有没有数学家能快速给出答案
Say it again?

再说一遍
I don’t even know what that means as a good mathematician I am.

作为一名优秀数学家我都不懂这什么意思
Tell me does it mean the same thing

告诉我是不是这个意思