for "the people," or is it Socrates the philosopher-king

即希腊语中的"人民" 还是苏格拉底
who should be vested with ultimate political authority?

所说的应被授予绝对政治权力的哲学王
That is, of course, the quest and it's taken up

这当然是一种追求并且这在《理想国》中
in a very vivid way, much more explicit way in the

有更生动而明确的体现
Republic, but it runs throughout the

但这贯穿了《申辩篇》始终
Apology and you can't really understand the Apology unless

如果你没有看到这个苏格拉底贯穿始终的提问
you see that this is the question that Socrates is posing throughout.

你就不能真正理解《申辩篇》
So, I have some names put on the board and some dates,

我在黑板上写了一些名字和日期
because I want to talk a little bit about the political context

因为我想谈一些这对话中的
of this dialogue.

政治背景
One can of course read, there's nothing wrong with reading

每个人当然可以阅读《申辩篇》
the Apology, again, as a kind of enduring symbol of the

将《申辩篇》解读为一种遭遇困境的不朽标志并无过错