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The Story of Philosophy《哲学的故事》第1章Plato第4节IV. The Ethical Problem第6段第3句：
How does Socrates — i.e., Plato — meet the challenge of this theory? At first he does not meet it at all. He points out that justice is a relation among individuals, depending on social organization; and that in consequence it can be studied better as part of the structure of a community than as a quality of personal conduct. If, he suggests, we can picture a just state, we shall be in a better position to describe a just individual. Plato excuses himself for this digression on the score that in testing a man's vision we make him read first large type, then smaller; so he argues, it is easier to analyze justice on a large scale than on the small scale of individual behavior. But we need not be deceived: in truth the Master is patching two books together, and uses the argument as a seam. He wishes not only to discuss the problems of personal morality, but the problems of social and political reconstruction as well. He has a Utopia up his sleeve, and is resolved to produce it. It is easy to forgive him, for the digression forms the core and value of his book.
浙江大学译本：他认为正义是人与人之间的关系，取决于社会组织形式；因而理解它的更好方式是将其视为社会结构的一部分，而不是把它当成个体行为的某种特质。
解析
1、He points out that justice is a relation among individuals, depending on social organization;
他指出正义是基于社会组织形式上的个体间的关系；
2、and that in consequence it can be studied better as part of the structure of a community than as a quality of personal conduct.
因此，将其作为社群结构的一部分来研究，要比将其视为个人行为的一种特质来研究更好。
in consequence: as a result of something所以，因此
And, in consequence, I am a little bored.因此，我感到有些厌烦了。《小王子》
他指出正义是基于社会组织形式上的个体间的关系；因此，将其作为社群结构的一部分来研究，要比将其视为个人行为的一种特质来研究更好。
