In one of Plato's lesser known dialogues he makes a statement--the following statement, which I think shows both the typical arrogance of the Greeks and also says something true.

在柏拉图的一个不怎么出名的对话录中,他作了一个声明,以下是这些声明,我认为它们既是希腊人典型的傲慢的体现,又说到了一些事实

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The Greeks had the most arrogant view of their relationship to the divinity, as I will tell you about later in the course, of any people I know.

希腊人傲慢地认为,他们与神的关系最为密切,关于这一点,我会在以后讲到,我所知的每个希腊人都是如此

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This is part of the arrogance that is characteristic of the Ancient Greeks, but at the same time, and right away at the beginning we're getting to such a very Greek thing, a Greek characteristic.

这部分体现了古希腊人的特点,傲慢,但与此同时——,我们现在就要谈到到一个非常希腊式的事情,一个希腊人的特点——

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