The History of Philosophy|S01E27-The Preparation of Plato-7

The Preparation of Plato-7

Let us confess, too, that Plato has in sufficient abundance the qualities which he condemns. 

He inveighs against poets and their myths, and proceeds to add one to the number of poets and hundreds to the number of myths. 

inveighs against，痛斥

He complains of the priests (who go about preaching hell and offering redemption from it for a consideration—cf. The Republic, 364), but he himself is a priest, a theologian, a preacher, a supermoralist, a Savonarola denouncing art and inviting vanities to the fire. 

redemption，救赎

He acknowledges, Shakespeare-like, that "comparisons are slippery"(Sophist, 231), but he slips out of one into another and another and another; he condemns the Sophists as phrase-mongering disputants, but he himself is not above chopping logic like a sophomore. 

slippery，站不住脚的

Faguet parodies him: "The whole is greater than the part?—Surely.—And the part is less than the whole?—Yes... Therefore, clearly, philosophers should rule the state?—What is that?—It is evident; let us go over it again."

[ 01’10” ] unused to philosophic fare 

[ 02’23” ] sufficient abundance (充足的，大量的)

[ 02’52” ] inveigh against (猛烈抨击，痛斥)

[ 02’58” ] criticize (批评)

[ 02’59” ] castigate (严惩；苛评)

[ 03’13” ] proceed (继续前进)

[ 04’35” ] preach (布道)

[ 04’40” ] redemption (救赎)

[ 04’56” ] theologian (神学家)

[ 05’00” ] supermoralist (超道德主义者，在理想层面谈论道德，对道德的要求过高。)

[ 05’20” ] Savonarola (萨沃纳罗拉，佛罗伦萨宗教改革家，提倡节俭的生活，禁止世俗淫欲，毁灭他认为不道德的奢侈品，以极严厉的布道著称。)

[ 05’53” ] denounce (批评)

[ 06’09” ] set fire to (invite sth to fire，放火烧掉)

[ 06’16” ] the diseases invite the patient into death 

[ 06’45” ] slippery (站不住脚的，滑的)

[ 07’13” ] phrase-mongering (语言贩子)

[ 07’21” ] disputant (争论者，辩论者)

[ 07’48” ] chop (切，砍)

[ 08’00” ] parody (讽刺)

[ 09’23” ] neutral (中立的)