来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介第3集第3集》

A very good example of that is what I've been telling you;

我刚刚讲的就是一个很好的例子
that's really what happens. And here's another thing,

确有其事还有另外一个例子
if you go to the end of the Greek story,

当我们走到希腊神话描述的那个时代的尽头
when you think about political theory, there's Plato.

当你思考政治学说时柏拉图会给予你启示
and when he lays out the ideal society in his view

他在《理想国》一书中论述了心目中的
in the Republic, we find there are multiple rulers.

理想社会我们从中能看出精英集团的存在
And these, of course,

显然这些人
turn out to be the winners of the Jeopardy contest playoffs.

最终成为了这场危险权利竞争的胜利者
But it doesn't matter. There's never one king.

但这无关紧要重要的是没有君主专制
It's always a group of people that is the best government,

优秀的政府都是由一群人组成的
and they will be the best.

这些人都是的精英
In this case defined chiefly by their intelligence,

这主要取决于他们的才能