Delphic oracle

基本解释

The occupant of the Oval Office had to be “a combination of scoutmaster, Delphic oracle, hero of the silver screen and father of the multitudes,” he said.
想要入主白宫，就必须练就一身“合体功夫”，同时成为“童子军团长，特尔斐神谕，银幕英雄和国父等多个角色”。
Not straight answers, unfortunately, for Clio, the muse of history and the only guide we’ve got, is about as lucid as the Delphic oracle.
遗憾的是，这些问题不会得到直截了当的回答。因为克莱奥，这位司职历史的女神，已经在特尔菲神谕之中为我们清晰的做出了指引。
At the end of his life, Rousseau acknowledged that it was not nearly so easy as he had assumed to follow the Delphic oracle’s injunction to “Know thyself.”
在去世前不久，卢梭承认遵从德尔斐神谕的指令—“认识你自己”--根本没有原先想象的容易。

The Delphic Oracle is interpreted by Socrates at least to command engaging with others in philosophical conversation.
苏格拉底如此解译德尔菲神谕,至少是为了要能够,和其它人进行哲学对话。
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So, goes to -- he's a barbarian, but the barbarians came to the Delphic Oracle too, because you want to know what the gods want.
因此,他去了,虽然他是个暴君,但是暴君也得去神示所,因为他想知道神想要什么
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He recalls the story don't you remember of a man named Charephon a friend of his who had gone to the Delphic Oracle who had gone to Oracle of Delphi and asked if there was anyone wiser than Socrates and was told there was not.
他回忆起那个故事，你们记得吗,关于一位名为Charephon的朋友,他前去请示阿波罗神谕,即德尔菲神谕,是否有人比苏格拉底聪明,得到的结果是没有。
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He encourages the reader to wonder who was the Pythian priestess who interpreted the Delphic oracle, vent or dummy, spirit or medium?
ECONOMIST: Ventriloquism

the oracle of Apollo at Delphi that gave answers held by the ancient Greeks to be of great authority but also noted for their ambiguity