上句见：Day118
The Story of Philosophy的第119句：第1章Plato第2节II. Socrates第6段第1句：

So he went about prying into the human soul, uncovering assumptions and questioning certainties. If men discoursed too readily of justice, he asked them, quietly, tò tí—what is it? What do you mean by these abstract words with which you so easily settle the problems of life and death? What do you mean by honor, virtue, morality, patriotism? What do you mean by yourself? It was with such moral and psychological questions that socrates loved to deal. Some who suffered from this “Socratic method,” this demand for accurate definitions, and clear thinking, and exact analysis, objected that he asked more than he answered, and left men’s minds more confused than before. Nevertheless he bequeathed to philosophy two very definite answers to two of our most difficult problems— What is the meaning of virtue? and What is the best state?
浙江大学译本：因此他四处探访，求索人的心灵，他揭示一切臆想和假设，质疑一切定论和信条。

解析

这句讲苏格拉底在探究有关人类心灵而所做的事。
1、So he went about
苏格拉底开始着手干一系列事来寻求有关人类心灵而所做的事
go about：to start to do (something)处理，着手
The way they go about hunting for work is also distinct.他们找工作的方式也是不同的。《经济学人》

2、prying into the human soul,
事件1:窥探人类的灵魂。
prying: to try to find out about other people’s private lives
It was difficult for those with nefarious purposes to pry into its inner workings.那些心怀不轨的人很难窥探其内部运作。《三体》

3、uncovering assumptions
事件2:揭露假设的不合理处。假设是结论的前提，如果假设并不像人们所想的那样的自然，那么结论也非常值得讨论。
assumption：something that is believed to be true or probably true but that is not known to be true臆想，假设
But then she decided to question this assumption.但她决定质疑一下这个假设。《向前一步》

4、questioning certainties.
事件3:质疑确定的事。
certainty：something that is certain: a fact about which there is no doubt确定的事
Because before taxes, the only certainty was death.因为税收出现前， 人生不能避免的只有死亡。《世界史》

所以他开始窥探人类的灵魂，揭露各种假设，质疑种种确定性。