They called it eros, or love, right?

他们称之为爱不是吗
The quest for knowledge of the best regime must necessarily be

追求最佳政体知识必定需要
accompanied, sustained, and elevated by eros.

用爱来相伴延续和鼓舞
You may not have realized it when you walked in to this class today,

当你们今天走进教室的时候可能还未意识到这点
but the study of political philosophy

但政治哲学的研究
may be the highest tribute we pay to love.

可能是我们对爱的最高致敬
Think of that.

想想看
And while you're thinking about it you can start reading

你们也可以考虑开始阅读柏拉图的
Plato's Apology for Socrates

《苏格拉底自辩篇》
which we will discuss for class on Wednesday.Okay?

我们将在下周三课堂上讨论好吗
It's nice to see you back,

很高兴见到你们来
and have a very good but thoughtful September 11th.

祝你们有一个愉悦而思虑的9月11日