The Republic — Page 10
假设他可能曾将自己的工作搁置一段时间，或从一部作品转向另一部作品，这并不荒谬；
There is no absurdity in supposing that he may have laid his labours aside for a time, or turned from one work to another;
这样的中断，在篇幅较长的作品中，比在较短的作品中更容易发生。
and such interruptions would be more likely to occur in the case of a long than of a short writing.
在所有试图根据内部证据确定柏拉图著作年代顺序的尝试中，
In all attempts to determine the chronological order of the Platonic writings on internal evidence,
关于任何一篇对话录是否在同一时期完成这一不确定性，是一个令人困扰的因素，
this uncertainty about any single Dialogue being composed at one time is a disturbing element,
必须承认，这一因素对《理想国》和《法律篇》等较长作品的影响，大于对较短作品的影响。
which must be admitted to affect longer works, such as the Republic and the Laws, more than shorter ones.
但另一方面，《理想国》中看似矛盾之处，也许仅仅源于这位哲学家试图在一个整体中融合各种不和谐元素，
But, on the other hand, the seeming discrepancies of the Republic may only arise out of the discordant elements which the philosopher has attempted to unite in a single whole,
而他自己或许根本未能察觉到这种在我们看来显而易见的矛盾。
perhaps without being himself able to recognise the inconsistency which is obvious to us.
因为后世有一种评判，是很少有伟大作家能够为自己预见到的。
For there is a judgment of after ages which few great writers have ever been able to anticipate for themselves.
他们察觉不到自己作品中前后脱节之处，也看不出自己思想体系中的漏洞，而这些对于后来者来说却显而易见。
They do not perceive the want of connexion in their own writings, or the gaps in their systems which are visible enough to those who come after them.
在文学与哲学的草创时期，在思想与语言最初摸索之际，所出现的矛盾比现在更多；
In the beginnings of literature and philosophy, amid the first efforts of thought and language, more inconsistencies occur than now,
因为如今思辨之路已被踏得平坦，词语的含义也得到了精确界定。
when the paths of speculation are well worn and the meaning of words precisely defined.
因为前后一致本身也是时间积累的产物；人类心智最伟大的一些创造，也曾缺乏内在的统一性。
For consistency, too, is the growth of time; and some of the greatest creations of the human mind have been wanting in unity.
Vocabulary
- There
- 存在；在那里
- is
- 是；存在
- no
- 没有；不存在
- absurdity
- 荒谬；不合理的事物
- in
- 在；里面
- supposing
- 假设；认为
- that
- 那个；那
- he
- 他
- may
- 可能；也许
- have
- 有；拥有
- laid
- 放置；搁置
- his
- 他的
- labours
- 劳动；工作
- aside
- 放在一边；搁置
- for
- 为了；对于
- time
- 时间
- or
- 或者；或
- turned
- 转向；改变
- from
- 从；来自
- one
- 一个
- work
- 工作；著作
- to
- 到；向
- another
- 另一个
- and
- 和；且
- such
- 这样的；如此的
- interruptions
- 中断；打扰
- would
- 会；将
- be
- 是；被
- more
- 更；更多
- likely
- 可能的；有可能
- occur
- 发生；出现
- the
- 定冠词
- case
- 情况；案件
- of
- 的；属于
- long
- 长的；长期的
- than
- 比；比较
- short
- 短的；简短的
- writing
- 写作；著作
- In
- 在；里面
- all
- 全部；所有
- attempts
- 尝试；企图
- determine
- 确定；决定
- chronological
- 按时间顺序的；年代的
- order
- 顺序；秩序
- writings
- 著作；文章
- on
- 在；关于
- internal
- 内部的；内在的
- evidence
- 证据；迹象
- this
- 这；这个
- uncertainty
- 不确定；不确定性
- about
- 关于；大约
- any
- 任何；任何一个
- single
- 单个的；一个
- being
- 存在；是
- composed
- 组成；写成
- at
- 在；于
- disturbing
- 令人烦恼的；干扰的
- element
- 元素；因素
- which
- 哪个；这
- must
- 必须；一定
- admitted
- 承认；被承认
- affect
- 影响；作用
- longer
- 较长的；更长时间
- works
- 著作；作品
- as
- 如；作为
- shorter
- 较短的；更短的
- ones
- 那些；指代人或物
- But
- 但是；然而
- other
- 其他的；另一个
- hand
- 手；方面
- seeming
- 看似；似乎
- discrepancies
- 差异；不一致
- only
- 仅仅；只有
- arise
- 产生；出现
- out
- 出；外
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