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 – logic; and the right way to behave – ethics.

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 hovered impassive and unseen above the vault 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 lyric 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。