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
plight of the, you might say, the just individual

你可以说这种困境是个人遭遇非正义的群氓
confronted with an unjust mob, or an unjust political rule.

或非正义的政治制度
It's, again, a question that Plato takes up in the Republic when

它再一次出现于柏拉图《理想国》
a character in the book named Glaucon who happens to be,

书里的有一个叫格劳孔的角色
as it were, the brother of Plato, asks Socrates if it is actually

可能是柏拉图的兄弟他问苏格拉底
better to be just or simply to have the reputation for justice?

正义真的更好吗还是单单有正义的名声好
And Socrates says it is better to be just, even if that results in

而苏格拉底说正义再好不过
persecution and death.

即使结果是遭受迫害甚至死亡