in the ruling offices of a city.

管理城市的办公室中
Again, a large cosmopolitan state may allow

大型世界性的国家可能会允许
each individual the freedom to live as he or she likes,

个人拥有任自我喜好生活的自由
but this is not freedom as Aristotle understands it.

但这种自由不是亚里士多德所说的自由
Freedom only comes through the exercise of political responsibility,

自由只能通过政治责任感的增强
which means responsibility for and oversight of one's fellow citizens

就是指对于公民同胞的责任感和监督
and the common good.

以及公共利益
It follows, for him,

接着他说
that freedom does not mean living as we like,

自由并不意味着按自我的喜好生活
but freedom is informed by a certain sense of restraint and awareness

但自由在一定意义上是约束和适应的结果
that not all things are permitted,

并不是所有事情都能允许
that the good society will be one that promotes a sense of moderation,

一个优秀的社会提倡适当的节制