again, deeply political or at least has something very political

这之中有很深的政治含义至少有一些政治东西
about it.

掺杂在里头
It gets to the essence of the question of who is best equipped to

问题的本质在于谁最有资格去
educate future generations of citizens and civic leaders.

教育未来一代公民和公民领袖
Are the philosophers or are the poets, you might say,

你也许会说哲学家或诗人是真正的
the true legislators for mankind, if you want to use Shelley's dictum?

人类的立法者吗如果你想用雪莱的名言的话
Which one legislates for mankind at the time of Socrates?

谁是苏格拉底时代人类的立法者
The Greeks already had a century's long tradition of poetic education,

希腊当时的诗歌教育传统已有一个世纪之久
going back centuries to the time of Homer and Hesiod that set out

可以追溯至几个世纪前荷马和赫西奥德的时代
certain exemplary models of heroic virtue and civic life.

那时确立了英雄美德和市民生活的典范模型
The Homeric epics were to the Greek world what the Bible is to our world

荷马史诗之于希腊世界如同圣经之于我们
that is to say, in some respects the ultimate

也就是说其在很多方面享有绝对权威