上句见：Day148
The Story of Philosophy的第149句：第1章Plato第2节II. Socrates第11段第1句：

Imagine the reaction of the popular party at Athens to this aristocratic gospel at a time when war seemed to require the silencing of all criticism, and when the wealthy and lettered minority were plotting a revolution. Consider the feelings of Anytus, the democratic leader whose son had become a pupil of Socrates, and had then turned against the gods of his father, and laughed in his father's face. Had not Aristophanes predicted precisely such a result from this specious replacement of the old virtues by unsocial intelligence.
浙江大学译本：设想一下，在当时战争即将爆发、统治者亟须屏蔽一切反对之声，而富裕的知识阶层又正秘密策划着一场革命的大背景之下，这样一个贵族式信条的提出会产生怎样的反响。

解析

这句话由大背景入手讲普通民众对苏格拉底思想的反应。
1、Imagine the reaction of the popular party at Athens to this aristocratic gospel at a time
想象一下当时雅典普通民众对这个贵族信条的反应。用popular的多数来对应aristocratic的少数。
gospel：an idea or set of ideas that someone believes and often tries to make other people believe信条
She's always spreading/preaching the gospel of good health. [=telling people about the importance of good health]

2、when war seemed to require the silencing of all criticism,
外患：战争似乎需要压制一切反对之声。战争最需要的是团结，让各种杂声静音。
silence： to stop (someone) from expressing opinions that are opposed to your own or from telling people about bad things that you have done压制
It described the government measures as an attempt to silence free media.它认为政府的举措旨在消灭自由媒体的发声。《VOA》

3、and when the wealthy and lettered minority were plotting a revolution.
内忧：富裕的知识少数派正密谋革命。
plot： to plan secretly to do something usually illegal or harmful密谋
The plan was to escape to the Netherlands, where they could plot a counter-revolution.计划是逃到荷兰，在那里他们可以策划反革命。《那些改变历史的女性》

战争需要压制所有异类发声，而富裕且有知识的少数派密谋革命，想象一下，在这样的背景下雅典普通民众对这个贵族信条反应会如何？