In the best regime if we were to inhabit such political philosophy would be unnecessary or redundant. It would wither away.

如果我们身处最优政体之中,压根不需要政治哲学,其亦显得累赘，而会逐渐消逝。

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Or if we don't appreciate it, wither and die.

或者，如果我们看不到这潜能，它就会像刚萌芽的幼苗一样被扼杀，it，will，depreciate—

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