notably a man named Demosthenes,

尤其是一位叫德摩斯梯尼的
wrote a series of speeches called Philippics, anti-Phillip,

写了一系列反对腓力二世的抨击演说
to the north to warn his contemporaries

到北部去提醒那里的同龄人
about the dangers posed to Athens from the imperial ambitions of Macedon.

马其顿的帝国野心对雅典带来的威胁
But Phillip's warnings came too late.

但是这些警告来的太迟了
Again, the autonomous Greek polis that Plato and Glaucon,

柏拉图和格劳孔阿德曼图以及其它人
Adeimantus and others would have known came to an end.

本该知道自治的雅典城邦即将结束
What did Aristotle think of these changes?

亚里士多德是如何看待这些变化的
What did he think was going on?

他认为会如何继续
He is silent.

他沉默了
Aristotle's extreme reluctance,

亚里士多德极端勉强
his hesitance to speak to the issues of his time,

他犹豫去谈论这一时期的事