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2016-06-24 BBC:古代圣贤:苏格拉底 Socrates-6
Confident brave new world Athens didn’t seem to suppress the new spirit of inquiry. The city became a magnet of in________ thanks in large part to the man who would dominate Athenian politics for almost half of Socrates’ life.The visionary politician P______. He gathered thinkers and artists to advise him and set about making democracy , the dominant i_______ in the great world. He g________ the streets with s________ statues and f_________democratic principles. Athens built warships called “Freedom” and “Freedom of Speech”. Yet Socrates would understand all the success had its f_______. Democracy’s high ideals would need to be in__________. “A later source tells us that Socrates declared beautiful statues, high city walls and warships are all very well, but what’s the point if those within them aren’t happy? So we have to imagine the young Socrates walking around this fabulous, febrile city, beginning to ask those big questions that are still utterly relevant today. Is wealth a good thing? Can a democracy itself create a just society? What is it that makes us truly happy?” |