Every bit in many ways is far reaching as Plato's Republic.

每一项，从很多层面看来,都跟柏拉图的《理想国》一样遥不可及。

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One should do," he says, "what archers do when attempting to reach a distant target, namely, aim your bow high, knowing that the force of gravity " will bring the arrow down."

他说：，“一个人应该做的是，模仿伟人所为,当试图达致遥不可及的目标时，意即将目标设高，明了重力会将,射出的箭吸回地面“

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But this seems to be a very far cry, ? does it not, from the kind of justice he talks about in the soul that consists in what we might think of as sort of rational autonomy or self-control where reason controls the passions and the appetites.

但这似乎非常地遥不可及，不是吗，若以他所谈灵魂的正义种类看来,那包含了，在我们可能会称之为,理性自治里,或自控,当中理性,控制激情与渴求。

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