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The Republic

  • 作者 Plato著
  • 出版社 penguin
  • 出版时间 2007年9月 第1版
  • ISBN 9780140455113
  • 定价 68.00

内容简介

Plato'sRepubliciswidelyacknowledgedasthecornerstoneofWesternphilosophy.PresentedintheformofadialoguebetweenSocratesandthreedifferentinterlocutors,itisanenquiryintothenotionofaperfectcommunityandtheidealindividualwithinit.Duringtheconversationotherquestionsareraised:whatisgoodness;whatisreality;whatisknowledge?TheRepublicalsoaddressesthepurposeofeducationandtheroleofbothwomenandmenas'guardians'ofthepeople.Withremarkablelucidityanddeftuseofallegory,Platoarrivesatadepictionofastateboundbyharmonyandruledby'philosopherkings'.AboutTheAuthorPlatoc.427–347BCissaidtohaveplayedafundamentalroleinshapingtheintellectualtraditionoftheWest.TaughtbySocratesandteacherofAristotle,PlatowaspartofalineageofthekeythinkersoftheWesternworld.AlthoughbornofafamilyprominentinAthenianpolitics,Platosoughttofindsolutionstotheproblemsofsocietythroughphilosophicalthoughtasopposedtopolitical.Hisfocuswasonethics,metaphysicsandtheunderstandingofreality.Healsoconcentratedonstudiesofhowtoachievetheidealsocietyandofhumanemotionandlove.PlatotravelledtoItalyandEgyptandstudiedwithstudentsofPythagorusbeforefoundingtheAcademyinAthens.TheAcademywasthefirstpermanentinstitutiondedicatedtophilosophicalresearchandteachingandwastobetheprototypeforallfutureWesternuniversities.Platopublished20dialoguesinhislifetimeandhismasterpiecewasTheRepublic,writtenaround375BC.'Ifanybookschangetheworld,Republichasagoodclaimtofirstplace'SimonBlackburn,Guardian

作者简介

Plato(c.427-347BC)standswithSocratesandAristotleasoneoftheshapersofthewholeintellectualtraditionoftheWest.HefoundedinAthenstheAcademy,thefirstpermanentinstitutiondevotedtophilosophicalresearchandteaching,andtheprototypeofallWesternuniversities.DesmondLeewasafellowandtutorofClassicsatCorpusChristiCollege,Cambridge,andlaterbecamePresidentofStHughesHall,Cambridge.MelissaLanereceivedherPhDinPhilosophyfromCambridgeUniversity.SheteachesthehistoryofpoliticalthoughtandpoliticalphilosophyintheHistoryFacultyatCambridgeUniversity,andisaFellowofKing'sCollege.HerbooksincludeMethodandPoliticsinPlato'sStatesman(Cambridge,1998)andPlato'sProgeny:howPlatoandSocratesstillcaptivatethemodernmind(Duckworth,2001).

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