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The Story of Philosophy的第96句:第1章Plato第2节II. Socrates第1段第4句:
If we may judge from the bust that has come down to us as part of the ruins of ancient sculpture, Socrates was as far from being handsome as even a philosopher can be. A bald head, a great round face, deep-set staring eyes, a broad and flowery nose that gave vivid testimony to many a Symposium— it was rather the head of a porter than that of the most famous of philosophers. But if we look again we see, through the crudity of the stone, something of that human kindliness and unassuming simplicity which made this homely thinker a teacher beloved of the finest youths in Athens. We know so little about him, and yet we know him so much more intimately than the aristocratic Plato or the reserved and scholarly Aristotle. Across two thousand three hundred years we can yet see his ungainly figure, clad always in the same rumpled tunic, walking leisurely through the agora, undisturbed by the bedlam of politics, buttonholing his prey, gathering the young and the learned about him, luring them into some shady nook of the temple porticos, and asking them to define their terms.
浙江大学译本:我们对苏格拉底知之甚少,但比起贵族派的柏拉图和内敛、学究式的亚里士多德,我们与他却又是如此亲密。
解析
这句讲了我们与苏格拉底的关系,了解不多却有莫名的亲密感。
1、We know so little about him,
了解甚少。
2、and yet we know him so much more intimately than
但很更亲切。
3、the aristocratic Plato
柏拉图:贵族派。
柏拉图有很多面,这里指出其的贵族特性,主要为了突出苏格拉底的朴实无华。
4、or the reserved and scholarly Aristotle.
亚里士多德:内敛及学究。这里强调亚里士多德的寡言及学究气,是来衬托苏格拉底的能言及朴实无华。这一切都为后文作铺垫。
reserved:not openly expressing feelings or opinions寡言少语。
When you meet him in person, he seems almost reserved, said Mangirotti. 当你见到他本人, 他看起来几乎很含蓄, 曼格罗迪说道。
scholarly:having the characteristics of a scholar学究式。
Are you grasping all this, Ned my friend? asked the scholarly Conseil.尼德·兰老朋友,您明白了吗?博学的康塞尔问。
我们对他知之甚少,但比起贵族出身的柏拉图以及内向学究式的亚里士多德,我们却对他更亲切。
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