来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：政治哲学导论第5集》

making sense of the city/soul hypothesis,

的一种说的通的解释方法
but again it doesn't seem to answer the question

但是这个解释仍没有回答
in what way are cities and individuals alike.

为何城市和个人是类似的
To take the American case for example,

以美国为例
does it mean that something

是否意味着通过类似
like the presidency, the congress and the court can be

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discerned within the soul of every American citizen?

便能体现每个美国公民的性格
That would be absurd to think that obviously.

这种想法很明显是荒谬的
I mean, I think that would be absurd.

至少我觉得这很荒谬
Maybe you want to argue it

如果你有什么想法
and we could have a discussion,

可以跟我讨论
but it might mean that American democracy,

但这意味着美国式的民主