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Cao Lynh Posted 21 years ago
need help with a passage in Book X of The Republic by Plato
I am trying to translate book X (part I: Plato on Poetry), The Recompense of Life, of The Republic written by Plato, into my mother language, and not able to understand the following passage:
"God, whether from choice or form necessity, made one bed in nature and one only; two or more such ideal beds neither ever have been nor ever will be made by God.
"Why is that?
"Because even if He had made but two, a third would still appear behind them which both of them would have for their idea, and that would be the ideal bed and not the two others."
'But' = only?
'Which' in the last sentence (because...two others) replaces for what? and what does the sentence means???
Please help me!
Thank you very much.
Cao Lynh
"God, whether from choice or form necessity, made one bed in nature and one only; two or more such ideal beds neither ever have been nor ever will be made by God.
"Why is that?
"Because even if He had made but two, a third would still appear behind them which both of them would have for their idea, and that would be the ideal bed and not the two others."
'But' = only?
'Which' in the last sentence (because...two others) replaces for what? and what does the sentence means???
Please help me!
Thank you very much.
Cao Lynh
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Hello Cao Lynh, welcome to English Forums! 1. 'But' = only?
- Hello Cao Lynh, welcome to English Forums!
- 1.
- 'But' = only?
- – Yes, that's correct.
- 2.
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Hello Cao Lynh, welcome to English Forums!
1. 'But' = only?
– Yes, that's correct.
2. 'Which' in the last sentence (because...two others) replaces for what? and what does the sentence means???
"Because even if he had made only two beds, you could then imagine a third bed, which would be the single 'idea' from which the first two beds derived. And so the third be
1. 'But' = only?
– Yes, that's correct.
2. 'Which' in the last sentence (because...two others) replaces for what? and what does the sentence means???
"Because even if he had made only two beds, you could then imagine a third bed, which would be the single 'idea' from which the first two beds derived. And so the third be
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Hello MrP,
Thank you for your help.
The sentence is now absolutely clear for me to understand.
Cao Lynh
Thank you for your help.
The sentence is now absolutely clear for me to understand.
Cao Lynh
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