书目

GorgiasandTimaeus[高尔吉亚篇和蒂迈欧篇]

内容简介

Twomajorworksbyoneofhistory'sbestknownandmostwidelyreadandstudiedphilosophers.Gorgiasaddressesthetemptationsofsuccessandtherewardsofamorallife;Timaeusisanexplanationoftheworldintermsnotonlyofphysicallawsbutalsoofmetaphysicalandreligiousprinciples.B.Jowetttranslation.

作者简介

Plato(424/423BC–348/347BC)wasaClassicalGreekphilosopher,mathematician,studentofSocrates,writerofphilosophicaldialogues,andfounderoftheAcademyinAthens,thefirstinstitutionofhigherlearningintheWesternworld.Alongwithhismentor,Socrates,andhisstudent,Aristotle,PlatohelpedtolaythefoundationsofWesternphilosophyandscience.InthewordsofA.N.Whitehead:Plato'ssophisticationasawriterisevidentinhisSocraticdialogues;thirty-sixdialoguesandthirteenlettershavebeenascribedtohim.Plato'swritingshavebeenpublishedinseveralfashions;thishasledtoseveralconventionsregardingthenamingandreferencingofPlato'stexts.Plato'sdialogueshavebeenusedtoteacharangeofsubjects,includingphilosophy,logic,ethics,rhetoric,andmathematics.

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