a kind of balance of the parts of the whole, right.

整体中每个部分的某种相互平衡对吧
Justice is a kind of harmony in which the three parts of the city

正义是某种和谐城邦的三个部分
and the three parts of the soul are direct expressions of one another.

和灵魂的三个部分都直接呼应
But that formula forces us to return to the original Socratic question

这个公式使我们回到苏格拉底的原初问题
about the harmony of the soul and the city.

关于灵魂和城邦的和谐
Is the structure of a city identical to the structure of a soul?

城邦的结构与灵魂的结构同一吗
Are they really identical?

它们真的同一吗
Well, maybe, maybe not.

或许是的或许不是
For example, every individual consists of three parts,

举个例子每个个体都由三个部分组成
of appetite, spirit, and reason.

分别是欲望血气和理性
Yet each of us will be confined it seems to only one task

而我们似乎只限于拥有一种职业
in the social hierarchy.

在社会等级制度中