But the problem of one's being called to be a great poet is that one may have an inkling or some sense of a promise of future greatness but nothing really to show for it yet.

但是一个人被召唤去变成伟大诗人的问题在于,他可能会有一丝感觉他将来必定是伟大的,但还没有什么能够真正表明这一切。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Among the things Socrates says he cares deeply about is his calling, as he puts it, to do nothing but persuade you both younger and older not to care for your bodies and money but how your soul will be in the best possible condition.

苏格拉底的言论中,最让他关心的是他的呼唤，他一心只想说服你们,无论老幼都不要在乎,肉身及金钱,而要关注你的灵魂,是否处于最佳状态。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

If you pay me ten thousand dollars a month to work for you, I'll work for you and I'll think "I'm doing it for ten thousand dollars a month, that makes a lot of sense," but if I do it for nothing then I have to ask myself, "Why am I doing it?"

如果你一个月给我一万美元帮你工作，我会为你工作，但我会想,”我是为了一万美元才做的，这样更合理“,但如果我一点报酬都没有，那我就会问我自己，”我为什么要做这份工作？”

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