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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2段第1句:
Cephalus answers that wealth is a blessing to him chiefly because it enables him to be generous and honest and just. Socrates, after his sly fashion, asks him just what he meant by justice; and therewith lets loose the dogs of philosophic war. For nothing is so difficult as definition, nor anything so severe a test and exercise of mental clarity and skill. Socrates finds it a simple matter to destroy one after another the definitions offered him; until at last Trasymachus, less patient than the rest, breaks out "with a roar":
" What folly be possess you, Socrates? And why do you others all drop down at one another's feet in this silly way? I say that if you want to know what justice is, you should answer and not ask, and shouldn't pride yourself on refuting others…. For there are many who can ask but cannot answer"(336)
浙江大学译本: 克法洛斯回答说,财富之所以令他感到幸福,主要因为财富使他慷慨大方、诚实正义。
解析
这句给出了Cephalus的观点,财富让他成为大方、诚实又正义的人。
1、Cephalus answers that wealth is a blessing to him chiefly because it enables him to be generous and honest and just.
克法洛斯回答道,财富对他说来是件幸事,主要是因为它使他慷慨大方、诚实和正义。
chiefly: mainly or mostly, used to identify the most important part of something, reason for something, etc.主要的,最重要地
It had always been his wish to die suddenly; he dreaded the thought of illness, chiefly because of the trouble it gave to others.猝死一直是他的心愿。他一想到生病就害怕,主要是因为它会给别人带来麻烦。《四季随笔》
chiefly because是个非常好的用于解释原因的句型。【造句】He is reluctant to go to school chiefly because of less freedom in school than at home.
克法洛斯回答道,财富对他说来是件幸事,主要是因为它使他慷慨大方、诚实和正义。