a friend of his, who had gone to the Delphic Oracle,

叫凯勒丰的朋友吗他曾去过特尔斐神庙
who had gone to Oracle of Delphi, and asked if there was anyone wiser

他到那里问是否有比苏格拉底更智慧的人
than Socrates and was told there was not.

然后被告知没有
Socrates tells us that when he was told this he expressed disbelief

苏格拉底告诉我们当他得知此事时
in the Oracle.

他表示自己不信神谕
He didn't believe it and in order to disprove the Oracle's statement,

他不相信所以神谕的说法不能成立
he says he began a lifelong quest to find someone wiser than himself.

他说他从此穷其一生来探寻比他更智慧的人
A quest, in the course of which lead him to interrogate the politicians,

这场探寻之旅带领他先后质询了政客
the poets, the craftsmen,

诗人以及工匠
all people reputed to be knowledgeable,

所有被认为博学名士
and his conversations lead him to ask questions,

他的对话引领他去发问
not about natural scientific phenomena, but questions about

不是关于自然科学现象的问题而是关于美德