and he goes on to infer from this that man is what he calls

他继续从中推断人类是他所谓的
the zoon politikon, the political animal, the polis animal.

政治性动物城邦动物
His reasoning here, brief as it is, is worth following.

他的原因就像这一样短但值得深入
Let me just quote him. "That man" he says "is much more a

让我来引用一下他说"人类很明显
political animal than any kind of bee or herd animal is clear."

比任何蜜蜂或禽畜更是政治性动物
Why is it clear? "For we assert," he says,

为什么很清楚他说"因为我们断言
"nature does nothing in vain and man

自然是空虚的人类
alone among the animals has speech. While other species,"

是唯一能言语的动物其他物种
he notes, "may have voice, may have sounds

可能发出声音
and be able to distinguish pleasure and pain, speech"--

也可以区分快乐与痛苦声音"
logosis his word for it.

理性就是这个意思
Man haslogos--reason or speech.

人类有理性发生的端绪和言语