Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

felt driven to lead an imperfect life

Chinese translation:

觉得被迫过着并非尽善尽美的日子

Added to glossary by Wenjer Leuschel (X)
Jul 29, 2004 05:37
19 yrs ago
English term

felt driven to lead an imperfect life

English to Chinese Social Sciences History Intellectual History
As a moralist, a reformer, he wanted to push this poor world a lot further along the path of the ideal. Very much in our Western tradition, this seeker after perfection felt driven to lead an imperfect life teaching, urging, bullying his imperfect fellow men toward the perfection they could not reach. Plato had to return to the cave and enlighten the chained prisoners.

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这位 追 求 完 美 的 先 贤 , 反 倒觉 得 自 己 被 迫 过 着 一 种 并 非 尽 善 尽 美 的 日 子 。 在 他 的 生 活 中 , 他 要 教 导 , 敦 促 甚 至 逼 迫 那 些 不 尽 完 美 的 人 达 到 一 种 他 们 根 本 无 法 企 及 的 完 美 境 界 。
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English term (edited): felt driven to lead an imperfect life...toward...

感到被逼着从不完美的生活...走向...

柏拉图的《理想国》是通过苏格拉底与他人丰富多彩、环环相扣的对话,给后人展现了一个完美优越的城邦。这个城邦是历史上大大小小“乌托邦”的开山鼻祖。该书是柏拉图中期思想的总结,其语言华丽,逻辑缜密,想象丰富,阐述精彩,在历史上颇具影响力。
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some seek perfection as hermits and recluses (the eastern tradition?)但是他

some seek perfection as hermits and recluses (the eastern tradition?)但是他感到被逼得主在人间...
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