读书读成了傻子，那最后的实践怎么说？当然，那是柏拉图的理论，可能他兄弟只看到那些人研习哲学的一面。说真的，想想也是如果执着的哲学家，终究是少数人，而且最后还要靠人养着发挥特长，确实无用。多少人能看到他们真正的用处呢？

"The votaries of philosophy who carry on the study not only in youth with a view to education, but as the pursuit of their maturer years — these men for the most part grow into very strange beings, not to say utter scoundrels; and the result with those who may be considered the best of them is, that they are made useless to the world by the very study which you extol" (487).
“那些研习哲学的人，不仅在年轻时将其视为教育的一部分，更是在年富力强之时将其当作比重追求——这类人多半会变得怪诞导演，甚者沦为彻头彻尾的无赖；即便其中堪称最优秀者，最终也因你所推崇的这门学问，变得对世间毫无用处。”（第487节）

细节解析

1、votary: one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service信徒
The latter saw him in his fishing-tackle room, an apartment littered with every appliance that a votary of the rod could require.《牛奶女式的浪漫冒险》
2、utter: total太；绝对的；完全
The main issue in Antisocial personality disorder is an utter lack of empathy.反社会价格障碍的主要问题是完全缺乏同理心。《心理学小课堂》
3、scoundrel: 无赖；坏蛋
We are both scoundrels, Scarlett, and nothing is beyond us when we want something.《飘》
4、extol: praise, glorify, or honor
Rare is the chief executive who extols the virtues of a lie-in.很少有首席执行官赞美睡懒觉的好处。《经济学人》

所在段落

The Story of Philosophy《哲学的故事》第1章Plato第7节VI. The Political Solution第4段第4句：

But how can men of fifty have a flexible intelligence? Will they not be mentally plaster-casted by routine? Adeimantus (echoing, no doubt, some hot brotherly debate in Plato's home) objects that philosophers are dolts or rogues, who would rule either foolishly, or selfishly, or both. "The votaries of philosophy who carry on the study not only in youth with a view to education, but as the pursuit of their maturer years — these men for the most part grow into very strange beings, not to say utter scoundrels; and the result with those who may be considered the best of them is, that they are made useless to the world by the very study which you extol" (487). This is a fair enough description of some bespectacled modern philosophers; but Plato answers that he has guarded against this difficulty by giving his philosophers the training of life as well as the audition of the schools; that they will in consequence be men of action rather than merely men of thought — men seasoned to high purposes and noble temper by long experience and trial. By philosophy Plato means an active culture, wisdom that mixes with the concrete busyness of life; he does not mean a closeted and impractical metaphysician; Plato "is the man who least resemble Kant, which is (with all respect) a considerable merit."17
17Faguet, P.10.
浙江大学译本： “热爱哲学之人对研究学习的热情不仅仅限于青年时的受教育经历，他们更将其视为成年后的一种追求一这些人大都发展出极其怪异的脾性，更别提那些极端的无赖了；就连其中最优秀的人也难免最终因为那被你赞誉的学习态度而变得于世无用。”（第487节）

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