上句见:Day241
The Story of Philosophy《哲学的故事》第1章Plato第4节IV. The Ethical Problem第2段第4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: 苏格拉底轻而易举地将他们所提供的定义一一击溃;直到其中最没耐性的塞拉西马柯忍不住“号叫”道:
解析
这句讲述了苏格拉底击溃一个又一个的定义,直到有人出来破局。
1、 Socrates finds it a simple matter to destroy one after another the definitions offered him;
苏格拉底发现,将提供给他的定义一一击溃是一件简单的事情;
2、 until at last Trasymachus, less patient than the rest, breaks out "with a roar":
直到最后,其中最没耐性的色拉叙马霍斯突然“怒吼”道:
苏格拉底发现,将他们所提供的定义一一击溃是一件简单的事情;直到最后,其中最没耐性的色拉叙马霍斯突然“怒吼”道: