the being with logos,

便随着理性而存在
suggesting that all human beings have a desire for knowledge

暗示着所有的人类都有对知识的渴望
and the desire to cultivate their minds and live as free persons.

培养自身思想的欲望一个自由的人
Isn't there a kind of egalitarianism, so to speak,

是不是可以说有种平均主义
built in to the conception of rational animal and political animal?

内建在理性的动物和政治性动物的概念上
He begins his Metaphysics, his great book the Metaphysics,

他的《形而上学》这部伟大的著作