Yet, for all of this, one might say there is

可是对于这一切可能有人会说
still a profound enigma surrounding Aristotle's political works.

亚里士多德的政治杰作始终存在着深刻的谜
To put it simply, one could simply ask,

简单来说人们可以问
what were the politics of Aristotle's Politics?

亚里士多德的《政治学》中的政治是什么
What were Aristotle's own political beliefs?

亚里士多德的政治信仰是什么
Aristotle lived at the virtual cusp of the world of

亚里士多德生活在希腊城邦中
the autonomous city-state of the Greek polis.

自治城邦世界中的事实尖端
Within his own lifetime,

在亚里士多德的一生中
Aristotle would see Athens, Sparta, and the other great cities of Greece

他目睹了雅典斯巴达以及其它希腊城邦
swallowed up by the great Macedonian Empire to the north.

被北部的马其顿王国吞并的过程
What we think of as the golden age of Greece

我们所知的希腊古典时期
was virtually at an end during the lifetime of Aristotle.

在亚里士多德生活时事实上已经结束