第1章 Plato's Quotes(1)

柏拉圖名句

Knowledge is true opinion.

知識為真知灼見。

THEAETETUS

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

教育最重要的，是自小獲得適當訓練。

LAWS

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.

屬世所有金銀財寶也不足以用來交換美德。

LAWS

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

好決定建基於知識而非數字。

LACHES

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

起點是工作最關鍵的部份。

The Republic

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.

過度一般引起對抗，會導致反方向的變化，無論出現於四季、個人或者政府層面。

THE REPUBLIC

The unexamined life is not worth living.

缺乏觀察體驗之生活沒有價值。

THE APOLOGY

…neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think I have.

……誰也不知道甚麼是真正好的，無知的人以為自己知道，我卻自知不明白。

THE APOLOGY

Do you know?

Plato's works cover a wide scope of themes: mathematics, sciences, nature, morals, and politics.

柏拉圖的作品涵蓋不同主題，如數學、科學、自然、道德及政治。

If it were necessary either to do wrong or to suffer it, I should choose to suffer rather than do it.

必要選擇做壞事或承受不做壞事帶來的痛苦時，我應選擇受苦。

GORGIAS

For philosophy…if pursued in moderation and at the proper age, is an elegant accomplishment, but too much philosophy is the ruin of human life.

適度適時學習哲學是一種巧妙成就，但過度就會變成人生的毀滅。

GORGIAS

Beauty is certainly a soft, smooth, slippery thing, and therefore of a nature which easily slips in and permeates our souls.

美有一份柔滑特質，因此容易滲透我們的靈魂。

LYSIS

Do you know?

Plato never clearly spells out the meaning of a dialogue for a reader.

柏拉圖從不明確向讀者闡述其作品之意義。

Only a philosopher's mind grows wings…

只有哲學家的心思會長出翅膀……

PHAEDRUS

Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away.

人是囚徒，無權打開囚室之門逃脫。

PHAEDRUS

The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that runs faster than death.

我的朋友，困難不在於逃離死亡，而在於逃離不公義，因為那比死亡奔馳更快。

THE APOLOGY

Arguments, like men, are often pretenders.

爭論和人一樣，通常是偽裝者。

LYSIS

Do you know?

Plato᾽s real name was Aristocles.

柏拉圖的原名為亞里斯多克勒斯。

…a man who is willing to value learning as long as he lives, will necessarily pay more attention to the rest of his life.

人若一生好學不倦，會更在意餘生該怎樣過。

LACHES

Your silence gives consent.

你的沉默表示了默許。

CRATYLUS

Will not the good man, who says whatever he says with a view to the best, speak with a reference to some standard and not at random…

好人講話不會隨意，總會依循某些準則……

GORGIAS

For to fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we know what we do not know.

我的朋友，恐懼死亡僅是我們自以為聰明而非真正聰明，這種恐懼源於以為知道所不知道的。

THE APOLOGY

Do you know?

Plato came from an aristocrat family.

柏拉圖來自一個貴族家庭。

But of the heaven which is above the heavens, what earthly poet ever did or ever will sing worthily?

天外有天，俗世哪個詩人所吟詠的可與之相比？

PHAEDRUS

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

沒有愛盟這回事。

SYMPOSIUM

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

愛使每個人當起了詩人。

SYMPOSIUM

Love is a serious mental disease.

愛是嚴重的精神病。

PHAEDRUS

No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.