He is a soul at war with himself,

他的灵魂在自我战斗
and potentially therefore, at war with others.

因此也在潜在地与他人战斗
And what the Republic tries to do is to offer us strategies,

《理想国》尝试做的是提供我们一种方案
maybe we might even call it a therapy, for dealing with thumos,

我们或可称它为处理Thumos的治疗
for submitting it to the control of reason

为了将它置于理性的控制之下
and helping us to achieve some level of balance,

帮助我们达到某种程度的平衡
of self-control and moderation.

以及自我控制与节制
And these are the qualities taken together that Socrates calls justice,

苏格拉底将以上这些品质统称为正义
that can only be achieved

正义只能这样达到
when reason is in control of the appetites and desires.

当理性掌控肉欲和其他欲望
Again, a question the book asks is

再说因此本书的一个问题是
whether that ideal of justice can be used as a model for politics.

正义的理想是否能被用作政治模型