The Republic — Page 14
Is not the Republic the vehicle of three or four great truths which, to Plato's own mind, are most naturally represented in the form of the State?
Ist die Republik nicht das Gefäß von drei oder vier großen Wahrheiten, die in Platos eigenem Geist am natürlichsten in der Form des Staates dargestellt werden?
No such inspired creation is at unity with itself, any more than the clouds of heaven when the sun pierces through them.
Kein solches inspiriertes Werk ist mit sich selbst im Einklang, ebensowenig wie die Wolken des Himmels, wenn die Sonne durch sie hindurchdringt.
Every shade of light and dark, of truth, and of fiction which is the veil of truth, is allowable in a work of philosophical imagination.
Jede Schattierung von Licht und Dunkel, von Wahrheit und von Fiktion, die der Schleier der Wahrheit ist, ist in einem Werk der philosophischen Imagination zulässig.
Vocabulary
- Ist
- Is; third person singular of sein.
- die
- The; feminine singular definite article.
- Republik
- Republic; a state governed without a monarch.
- nicht
- Not; negation particle used in German sentences.
- das
- The; neuter singular definite article.
- Gefäß
- Vessel; container for holding liquids or other substances.
- von
- Of; preposition indicating possession or origin.
- drei
- Three; the number 3.
- oder
- Or; conjunction presenting alternative possibilities.
- vier
- Four; the number 4.
- großen
- Large; adjective meaning big or great in size.
- Wahrheiten
- Truths; plural of Wahrheit meaning facts or realities.
- in
- In; preposition indicating location or position.
- eigenem
- Own; adjective meaning belonging to oneself personally.
- Geist
- Mind; spirit or intellect; the thinking faculty.
- am
- On the; contraction of 'an dem'.
- natürlichsten
- Most natural; superlative form of natürlich.
- der
- The; feminine singular or plural definite article.
- Form
- Form; shape or structure of something.
- des
- Of the; genitive form of definite article.
- Staates
- State; political entity with government and territory.
- dargestellt
- Represented; past participle of darstellen.
- werden
- Become; auxiliary verb for passive voice.
- Kein
- No; negation article meaning not a single.
- solches
- Such; demonstrative pronoun referring to that kind.
- inspiriertes
- Inspired; past participle adjective meaning divinely guided.
- Werk
- Work; creation or artistic or literary production.
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or association.
- sich
- Itself; reflexive pronoun for third person.
- selbst
- Self; reflexive emphatic pronoun meaning oneself.
- im
- In the; contraction of 'in dem'.
- Einklang
- Harmony; agreement or accord between things.
- wie
- As; comparative particle for similarity or manner.
- Wolken
- Clouds; masses of water vapor in sky.
- Himmels
- Sky's; possessive form of Himmel meaning heaven.
- wenn
- When; conjunction indicating temporal condition.
- Sonne
- Sun; the star at center of solar system.
- durch
- Through; preposition indicating passage or movement.
- sie
- They; third person plural pronoun.
- Jede
- Every; each one or any single thing.
- Schattierung
- Shading; gradation of color or light and dark.
- Licht
- Light; electromagnetic radiation visible to eyes.
- und
- And; conjunction joining words or clauses.
- Dunkel
- Darkness; absence of light or obscurity.
- Wahrheit
- Truth; conformity with fact or reality.
- Fiktion
- Fiction; imaginative work not factually true.
- Schleier
- Veil; cloth worn to cover the face.
- einem
- A; dative form of indefinite article.
- philosophischen
- Philosophical; relating to philosophy and its study.
- Imagination
- Imagination; faculty of forming mental images.
- zulässig
- Permissible; allowed or acceptable under rules.
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