上句见：Day127
The Story of Philosophy的第128句：第1章Plato第2节II. Socrates第7段第2句：

No topics could have been more vital than these to the young Athenians of that generation. The Sophists had destroyed the faith these youths had once had in the gods and goddesses of Olympus, and in the moral code that had taken its sanction so largely from the fear men had for these ubiquitous and innumerable deities; apparently there was no reason now why a man should not do as he pleased, so long as he remained within the law. A disintegrating individualism had weakened the Athenian character, and left the city a prey at last to the sternly-nurtured Spartans. And as for the state, what could have been more ridiculous than this mobbed, passion-ridden democracy, this government by a debating-society, this precipitate selection and dismissal and execution of generals, this unchoice choice of simple farmers and tradesmen, in alphabetical rotation, as members of the Supreme Court of the land? How could a new and natural morality be developed in Athens, and how could the state be saved?
浙江大学译本：诡辩学家早已摧毁这些年轻人一度对奥林匹斯山男女众神持有的信仰、对道德准则的崇尚，这些道德准则的效力基本上来自人们对全知全能、不计其数的神祇的敬畏；一个人只要不违法，妨碍他去做任何他想做的事情便毫无理由。

解析

这句主要讲当时智者学派对年轻人的影响，摧毁对神以及道德准则的信仰，陷入了极端个人主义。
1、The Sophists had destroyed the faith these youths had once had
摧毁信仰：智者学派摧毁了这些年轻人一度持有的信仰。

2、in the gods and goddesses of Olympus,
信仰1:对奥林匹斯山的众神与女神的信仰

3、and in the moral code that had taken its sanction so largely from the fear men had for these ubiquitous and innumerable deities;
信仰2:对道德准则的崇尚。崇尚是大多数是出于人们对无处不在的神的恐惧。
sanction：official permission or approval允许；
The country acted without the sanction of the other nations.这个国家未经其他国家的允许就开始行动了。
但我看到更多是它的“制裁”的意思。
The new sanctions come at a crucial juncture in Ukraine's war.新的制裁正好出现在乌克兰战争的关键点上。
ubiquitous：seeing to be seen everywhere无处不在，随处可见
We’ll end up launching the third-generation car into a world where this charging network is free and ubiquitous.我们最终第三代推向一个免费以及无处不在的充电网络的世界。《埃隆·马斯克:特斯拉、SpaceX以及探索美好未来》
innumerable：too many to be counted不计其数
Her imagination carried her far off, and showed her innumerable dangers.她被自己的幻想带到了辽远的地方，那里使她看到数不尽的艰险。《八十天环游地球》
deity：a god or goddess神
Musk’s ready willingness to tackle impossible things has turned him into a deity in Silicon Valley, where fellow CEOs like Page speak of him in reverential awe, and budding entrepreneurs strive “to be like Elon” just as they had been striving in years past to mimic Steve Jobs.《埃隆·马斯克:特斯拉、SpaceX以及探索美好未来》

4、apparently there was no reason now why a man should not do as he pleased,
个人主义：明显人就没有理由不随心所欲。

5、so long as he remained within the law.
前提：只要他遵守法律。

智者学派已经摧毁这些年轻人对奥林匹斯山男女众神以及道德准则的信仰，其中对道德准则的崇尚在很大程度上是人们对这些无处不在且数量众多的神灵的恐惧；显然，只要在法律范围行事，一个人就没有理由不随心所欲。