That idea was not the property of one particular country,

这种理想不是特定国家的财产
but it was constitutive of any good society.

而是任何良善社会的本质
The good human being, it would seem, would be a

一个好人似乎会是一个哲学家
philosopher, or at least would have something philosophical

或至少有一些关于事物的哲思
about him or her, and who may only be fully at home in the best regime.

而且他在最佳政体下会感到完全的自在
But of course the best regime lacks actuality.

当然最佳政体并不实际
We all know that.

我们都知道
It has never existed.

它从未存在过
The best regime embodies a supreme paradox, it would seem.

最佳政体体现了至高矛盾
It is superior in some ways to all actual regimes,

看起来他似乎在某些层面优于所有政体
but it has no concrete existence anywhere.

但却没有有形的存在
This makes it difficult, you could say and this is

你可以说这让它变得很难懂