反对的人不问出身,连兄弟也不会嘴下留情。他认为哲学家不是正常人,不适合统治国家。
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.
阿德曼图斯(无疑在响应柏拉图家中曾发生过的某些激烈的兄弟间辩论)提出反对意义:哲学家或是愚笨之辈或是品德不端之徒,若由他们掌权,其统治或愚蠢或自私或两者兼之。
细节解析
1、Adeimantus:阿德曼图斯,柏拉图哥哥。
在Day237里,提到他阿德曼图斯也参与到苏格拉底主导的某次讨论。
2、dolt: a person is not very bright
He was certainly regarded as a dolt by Dr. White.当然,他被怀特博士当成呆子。《潘潘》
3、rogue: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel流氓
More important, it would help to change perceptions of Argentina as a financial rogue state.《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3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: 阿德曼图斯反对说(无疑,这反映了在柏拉图家中展开的某次激烈而诚恳的辩论),哲学家是一帮笨蛋和流氓,只会要么愚蠢要么自私、要么两者兼备地实施统治。
上句见:Day446