来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：政治哲学导论 第5集》
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the circle around Socrates is effectively closed.围绕苏格拉底的圈子是封闭的 -
He knows he will not be returning to Athens that evening,他深知那晚他没法回到雅典 -
and he proposes to the two brothers他希望能和二人及其他听众们 -
and those listening to the conversation进行一场思维实验 -
a kind of thought experiment that he hopes will work并且他希望实验会对二人产生神奇的效果 -
magic on the two. "Let us propose," he says,他说 让我们在对话中 -
"to watch a city coming into being in speech."观察城市的发展 -
Let us create a city in speech.也就是在对话中创造一座城市 -
"It is easier," he says,他说 不从狭隘和个人 -
"not to view justice microscopically in an individual,的角度来审视正义是很容易的 -
but rather let's view justice那么这次让我们 -
as it were through a magnifying glass."透过放大镜来看看正义吧