来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：政治哲学导论第7集》

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
are perhaps the result of his foreignness to Athens.

可能是由于他是雅典的外来人导致的
He was not an Athenian.

他不是雅典人
Therefore, he lacked the protection of Athenian citizenship.

因此他缺少雅典公民权利的保护
At the same time, you might think his reticence,

同时你可能会思考他的沉默
his reluctance to speak in his own voice

他不愿意用自己的声音表达
may have also been a response to the fate of Socrates

也可能是因为苏格拉底的命运
and the politically endangered situation of philosophy.

以及不想让政治破坏哲学的现状
Yet, for a man as notoriously secretive

即便亚里士多德是个臭名昭著偷偷摸摸
and reluctant as Aristotle, his works

勉强的人他的著作
acquired over the centuries virtual canonical status.

还是在几个世纪里被认为是真正的权威