BBC：古代圣贤（2015）（2）

were “Crito, we owe a cock to Asclepius.”
带着这个神秘的信息，即使在死亡的边缘，
With this cryptic message,even on the brink of death,
他让他的追随者和未来的学者猜测
he kept his followers,and future scholars, guessing.
他是不是通过召唤城市的一位神灵来证明自己的虔诚？
Was he proving himself pious by invoking one of the city’s deities?
或者，他是在讽刺地感谢治愈之神，
Or, was he ironically giving thanks to the god of healing,
为他解除生存的病痛
for relieving him of the sickness of existence.
苏格拉底可能很愤怒
Socrates might have been infuriating.
但是他对人类意义的顽强质疑，
But, his tenacious questioning of what it means to be human,
仍然有绝对的共鸣
still has absolute resonance.
通过声明，终结邪恶是无知，
By stating that the ultimate evil is ignorance,
美好的生活就在我们的能力范围内，他向我们所有人挑战，
and that a good life is within our reach,
he challenges us all,
永远不要被忽视
never to be thought-less.
未经检验的生活是不值得过的
The unexamined life is not worth living.
蒙着头，没有人看到最后一刻，
当苏格拉底宝贵的灵魂
With his head covered, no one saw the final moment,
when Socrates’ precious soul
从那张丑陋、讽刺、难忘的脸上滑落
slipped from that ugly, satirical,unforgettable face.