世界小史 第116期:全部知识
What Aristotle said must be right.
亚里士多德说的话，必定都是真知灼见。
For what he had done was to gather together all the knowledge of his time.
因为他所做的是搜集了在他那个时代所能知道的全部知识。
He wrote about the natural sciences – the stars, animals and plants;他曾论述过自然科学——论述过星辰、动物和植物；about history and people living together in a state – what we call politics;他曾论述过历史和人在国家中的公共生活——他称为政治；about the right way to reason – logic1; and the right way to behave – ethics2.
他曾论述过逻辑学的正确思维；以及伦理学的正确行为。
He wrote about poetry and its beauty.
他曾论述过诗学和诗学中的美。
And last of all he wrote down his own thoughts on a god who hovered3 impassive and unseen above the vault4 of heaven.
最后也论述过他对浮悬在平静的、不可见的苍穹之上的神的想法。
All this Alexander studied too, and no doubt he was a good student.
所有这一切亚历山大都学，无疑他是一个好学生。
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.
他最爱读荷马伟大抒情诗歌里的英雄故事——据说他把它们放在枕头下面。
But Alexander didn't spend all his time with his nose in a book.
但亚历山大并不是所有的时间都在埋头读书。
He loved sport, and riding more than anything. No one rode better than he.
他热爱运动，尤其在骑马方面更是无人能胜过他。
