I will use it in moderation and use it to the best effect possible rather than use it because it is there.

我会适量的运用数学以达到最佳的效果,而不是为了数学而用数学

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

Moderation is this wonderfully great important thing for the Greeks.You must act in moderation.

谦卑对希腊人来说是很重要的品质,人必须表现得谦逊

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And what the Republic tries to do is to offer us strategies, maybe we might even call it a therapy, Thumos for dealing with thumos, for submitting it to the control of reason and helping us to achieve some level of balance, of self-control and moderation.

而《理想国》尝试做的是,提供我们策略，而我们甚至能称之为疗法，用以处理，让它接受理性的控制,并助我们达到某种程度的平衡，介于自控与节制之间。

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