What Aristotle said must be right.
亞里士多德說的話,必定都是真知灼見。
For what he had done was to gather together all the knowledge of his time.
因?yàn)樗龅氖撬鸭嗽谒莻€時代所能知道的全部知識。
He wrote about the natural sciences – the stars, animals and plants;他曾論述過自然科學(xué)——論述過星辰、動物和植物;about history and people living together in a state – what we call politics;他曾論述過歷史和人在國家中的公共生活——他稱為政治;about the right way to reason – logic1; and the right way to behave – ethics2.
他曾論述過邏輯學(xué)的正確思維;以及倫理學(xué)的正確行為。
He wrote about poetry and its beauty.
他曾論述過詩學(xué)和詩學(xué)中的美。
And last of all he wrote down his own thoughts on a god who hovered3 impassive and unseen above the vault4 of heaven.
最后也論述過他對浮懸在平靜的、不可見的蒼穹之上的神的想法。
All this Alexander studied too, and no doubt he was a good student.
所有這一切亞歷山大都學(xué),無疑他是一個好學(xué)生。
Best of all he loved the stories about heroes in Homer's great lyric5 poems – they say he kept them under his pillow at night.
他最愛讀荷馬偉大抒情詩歌里的英雄故事——據(jù)說他把它們放在枕頭下面。
But Alexander didn't spend all his time with his nose in a book.
但亞歷山大并不是所有的時間都在埋頭讀書。
He loved sport, and riding more than anything. No one rode better than he.
他熱愛運(yùn)動,尤其在騎馬方面更是無人能勝過他。