Before turning to the question of the existence of the second book of the Poetics, I'd like to make some general remarks about Aristotle, particularly thinking back to the discussion of Plato's Republic.

在转向《诗学》第二本书的存在问题之前，我想对亚里士多德做一些一般性的评论，特别是回想一下柏拉图理想国的讨论。