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The Story of Philosophy《哲学的故事》第1章Plato第3节III. The Preparation of Plato第7段第3句:
But this is the worst that we can say of him; after it is said, the Dialogues remain one of the priceless treasures of the world.9 The best of them, The Republic, is a complete treatise in itself, Plato reduced to a book; here we shall find his metaphysics, his theology, his ethics, his psychology, his pedagogy, his politics, his theory of art. Here we shall find problems reeking with modernity and contemporary savor: communism and socialism, feminism and birth-control and eugenics, Nietzschean problems of morality and aristocracy, Rouseauian problems of return to nature and libertarian education, Bergsonian élan vital and Freudian psychoanalysis — everything is here. It is a feast for the élite, served by an unstinting host. "Plato is philosophy, and philosophy Plato," says Emerson; and awards to The Republic the words of Omar about the Koran: "Burn the libraries, for their value is in this book."10
9The most important of the dialogues are: The Apology of Socrates, Crito, Phædo, The Symposium, Phædrus, Gorgias, Parmenides, and The Statesman. The most important parts of The Republic (references are to marginally-numbered sections, not to pages are 327-32, 336-77, 384-5, 392-426, 433-5, 441-76, 481-3, 512-20, 572-94. The best edition is Jowett's; the most convenient is in the Everyman Series. References are to The Republic unless otherwise stated.
10Representative Men, P.41
浙江大学译本: 在这本书里,我们会发现各种散发着现当代气息的问题:共产主义和社会主义、女权主义和节育优生学、尼采式道德和贵族制问题、卢梭式重返自然和自由教育问题、柏格森的“生命冲动”和弗洛伊德的精神分析法都在这里。
解析
这句主要讲述了《理想国》所探讨的问题散发着现代气息及当代韵味。
1、Here we shall find problems reeking with modernity and contemporary savor:
不过时:在这里,我们可以发现诸多充满现代气息及当代韵味的问题:
reek: to have a very strong and unpleasant smell散发……的气味;具有浓烈的气味
Psychically, it was a rabbit hole, a midden, hot with the frictions of tightly packed life, reeking with emotion. 而从心理层面来讲,它就像一个兔子洞,一个垃圾场,充斥着因拥挤不堪的生活所产生的摩擦,弥漫着浓烈的情绪。《美丽新世界》
savor: [literary] the quality that makes something interesting or enjoyable.气息
A strange chance had held me long in that delightful period when the soul awakes to its first tumults, to its desires for joy, and the savor of life is fresh. 一个奇怪的机缘让我在那愉快的时期停留了很久,那时,灵魂刚刚苏醒,初次感受到内心的躁动、对快乐的渴望,生活的气息是那样清新。《幽谷百合》
2、communism and socialism, feminism and birth-control and eugenics, Nietzschean problems of morality and aristocracy, Rouseauian problems of return to nature and libertarian education, Bergsonian élan vital and Freudian psychoanalysis — everything is here.
问题:共产主义和社会主义、女性主义和节育及优生学、尼采的道德和贵族制问题、卢梭的回归自然和自由教育,柏格森的生命冲动和弗洛伊德的精神分析——一切都可以在这里找到。
birth-control: things that are done to keep a woman from becoming pregnant节育,避孕
Since the nineteenth century, they have been the most popular method of contraception and birth control in the world.自从19世纪开始,它们成为全球避孕的最流行的方法。《世界节假日》
eugenics: a science that tries to improve the human race by controlling which people become parents;优生学;人种改良学
Under the influence of eugenics, scientists used the results of the military initiative to make erroneous claims that certain racial groups were intellectually superior to others.在优生学的影响下,科学家们利用军事倡议的结果,提出了一种错误的主张:在智力上某些种族优于另些种族。《TED-Ed》
élan: energy and enthusiasm热情,
The dancer performed with great élan.
vital: very lively or energetic
One produces coffee that is alive, vital, potent.有人生产一种有生命力的、有活力的且功效强的咖啡。《TED演讲》
élan vital:“生命冲动”,由法国哲学家亨利·伯格森于1907年在其哲学菱《创造进化论》中提出。在英语,一般译作Vital Impetus,但批评则称其为生命力(Vital Force)。
psychoanalysis: a method of explaining and treating mental and emotional problems by having the patient talk about dreams, feelings, memories, etc.
I sighed in relief, and continued with the psychoanalysis.我宽慰地松了口气,然后继续接受他的心理分析。《暮光之城:暮色》
在这里,我们可以发现诸多充满现代气息及当代韵味的问题:共产主义和社会主义、女性主义和节育及优生学、尼采式的道德和贵族制问题、卢梭式的回归自然和自由教育,柏格森的生命冲动和弗洛伊德的精神分析——一切尽在其中。