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新一代大学英语2课文翻译

UNIT1

About2,400yearsagoinAtensamanwasputtodeatforasking

toomanyquestions.Therewerephilosophersbeforehim,butitwas

withSocratesthatathesubjectreallytookoff.Ifphilosophyhasa

patronsaintitisSocrates.

大约是2,400年以前，在雅典，有一个人因为问了太多问题被判了死刑。在他之前，也有

许多哲学家，可哲学这门学科却是从他——苏格拉底开始，才进入一个真正腾飞的阶段。苏格拉

底之于哲学，就是一位引路和守护的圣人。

Asayoungmaneadbeenabravesoldierfigtinginthe

PeloponnesianWaragainstteSpartansandteirallies.Inmiddleage

esuffledaroundtemarketplace,stoppingpeoplefromtimetotime

andaskingtemawkwardquestions.Tatwasmoreorlessalledid.

Butthequestionsheaskedwererazor-sarp.Teyseemed

straightforward;buttheyweren’t.

年轻时的苏格拉底曾是一名勇敢的战士，参与了伯罗奔尼撒战争，抵御斯巴达人及其盟军。

到了中年，他在市集随处走动，时不时拦下路人，问他们一些难以回答的问题。他差不多就只

干这个。但他的问题都很犀利，看似简单直白，实际却不好回答。

Teword“pilosoper”comesfromteGreekwordsmeaning“love

ofwisdom”.TeWesterntraditioninpilosopyspreadfromancient

Greeceacrosslargepartsofteworld,attimecross-fertilizedby

ideasfromteEast.Tekindofwisdomtatitvaluesisbasedon

argument,reasoningandaskingquestion,notonbelievingtingssimply

becausesomeoneimportanthastoldyoutheyaretrue.Wisdomfor

Socrateswasnotknowinglotsoffacts,orknowingowtodosometing.

Itmeantunderstandingtetruenatureofourexistence,includingte

limitsofwatwecanknow.Pilosoperstodayaredoingmoreorless

watSocrateswasdoing:askingtougquestions,lookingatreasons

andevidence,strugglingtoanswersomeoftemostimportantquestion

wecanaskourselvesaboutthenatureofrealityandowweshould

live.

哲学家一词（）来源于希腊语，意思是对智慧的热爱。西方哲学的传统正是

“”philosopher“”

从古希腊发迹，传播到了世界的绝大多数地方，期间在历史上也曾若干次吸纳东方思想。西方传

统哲学重视的是论点、推理与提问，而不是简单地相信权威人士如何说。智慧在苏格拉底看来不