来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：政治哲学导论第7集》

In many ways Aristotle there offers, as does Plato,

亚里士多德在这里提议包括柏拉图
a certain kind of critique of the modern

对现代的一些批判
or even the ancient democratic theory of freedom,

或者甚至是古代的民主自由理论
which is living as one likes.

就如他们生活的环境
You can see these opening pages of the book,

你可以看一下本书的开页
dense argument being condensed in very deep ways,

大量的论证以深刻的方式凝结在这里
carry a great deal of freight.

承载了大量的东西
There's a lot in there that needs to be unpacked.

有许多东西需要拆开理解
I've only tried to do a little of that here with you today,

我今天只在尝试这里花一点功夫
to go over what Aristotle is suggesting

复习一下亚里士多德是如何提出
in this idea of man, the polis animal.

人类是城邦动物
Whatever we may think about this view,

无论我们对这个观点的看法是什么