Socrates is not harmless because of his own professed ability to attract followers, a few today, a few more tomorrow.

苏格拉底并非无害,因为他擅长吸引信徒的能耐,今天几个，明天再几个。

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To tolerate his teaching would seem to trivialize it in some sense, to render it harmless.

若容忍了他的学说,则似乎让它看似平凡，视其为无害。

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The Athenians refuse to tolerate Socrates because they know he is not harmless, that he poses a challenge, a fundamental challenge to their way of life and all that they hold to be noble and worthwhile.

雅典人拒绝容忍苏格拉底,因为他们明白他并非无害，他公然挑衅，社会本质的生活方式,及他们视为崇高及值得的观念。

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