He had read much, if one considers his long life, but his contemplation was much more than his reading.

人们说他漫长的一生，便一定会说他饱读诗书，但他的思想却比他的阅读丰富得多。

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And the ode, too -- the form in which this poem is written is a pagan form invented by the Greek poet Pindar to express the sublimities of emotion arising from a contemplation of the actions of the gods.

而颂歌这首诗的形式,是由希腊抒情诗人品达尔发明,来抒发从思考上帝的行为中,得到的崇高情感。

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Its purpose is not simply contemplation its purpose is not reflection alone: it is advice giving.

其目的不只是单纯的沈思,也不只是表述：,而是提供建言。

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