Everything is full of Gods
Thales
第一段翻译：
Just as much as at other times and places, this holds true of sixth century BC Greece, which is where our story begins.
像其他的时间、地点一样，公元前6世纪的希腊也是如此，这里是我们故事开始的地方。
What was it that allowed philosophy to start there and then?
究竟是是什么，促使哲学在这儿生根发展的呢？
Well, the first thing to realize is that Greek philosophy actually didn't start in Greece.
好吧，但是我们首先要认识到希腊哲学实际上并不是起源于希腊。
It started in the territory called Ionia, on the western coast of present-day Turkey.
希腊哲学起源于称之为艾欧尼亚的土地上，它位于今土耳其的西海岸。
This is where you get to if you start in Greece and go around or across the Aegean Sea, towards the east. Which is exactly what Greek-speaking peoples had done well before the sixth century BC.
如果你从希腊出发，向东走，途径或穿过爱琴海，就可以到达这里。公元前六世纪以前在这儿，正是那些说希腊语的人们做出了伟大的贡献。
The ancient Greek historians tell us that in about 1100 BC, in response to an invasion of mainland Greece by people they called the Dorians, many inhabitants of mainland Greece crossed over to Ionia.
希腊史学家告诉我们，大约在公元前1100年左右，为了应对多里安人对希腊大陆的入侵，希腊大陆的居民迁移到了艾欧尼亚。
But their name, Ionia, comes from a legendary leader of the colonists, Ion.
实际上，艾欧尼亚这个名字实际上源于一位传奇殖民地领袖，艾恩。
These migrants set up a number of colonies, some of which became extremely successful.
这些希腊的移民者（难民）建立了许多殖民地，其中的一些后来成为了举世闻名的胜地。
One of the earliest colonies was Miletus, the city where philosophy would do course be born.
最早的殖民地之一是米勒图斯，这个城市就是哲学诞生的地方。
It was founded by a group who came from around Athens, the future home of Plato and Aristotle and one of the few places in mainland Greece not to fall to the Dorians.
一伙雅典人建立了米勒图斯，后为柏拉图和亚里士多德未来故乡。以及这也是希腊大陆在多里尔安人侵略下，为数不多的、没有沦陷的城市之一。
At least that's what the ancient historians tell us, and the claim is supported by similarities between the Ionian dialect and the dialect they spoke near Athens -- called “Attic” Greek, Attica being the area surrounding Athens.
至少，这是古历史学家告诉我们的历史。由于艾欧尼亚方言与在雅典附近的人们使用的语言十分相似，所以得已支持该观点。
