The Republic

作者: Plato 著

出版社: penguin

出版时间: 2007-09

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780140455113

定价: 68.00

装帧: 平装

开本: 32开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 416页

正文语种: 英语

原版书名: Πολιτεία

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>文学

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Plato'sRepubliciswidelyacknowledgedasthecornerstoneofWesternphilosophy.PresentedintheformofadialoguebetweenSocratesandthreedifferentinterlocutors,itisanenquiryintothenotionofaperfectcommunityandtheidealindividualwithinit.Duringtheconversationotherquestionsareraised:whatisgoodness;whatisreality;whatisknowledge?TheRepublicalsoaddressesthepurposeofeducationandtheroleofbothwomenandmenas'guardians'ofthepeople.Withremarkablelucidityanddeftuseofallegory,Platoarrivesatadepictionofastateboundbyharmonyandruledby'philosopherkings'.

AboutTheAuthor

Platoc.427–347BCissaidtohaveplayedafundamentalroleinshapingtheintellectualtraditionoftheWest.TaughtbySocratesandteacherofAristotle,PlatowaspartofalineageofthekeythinkersoftheWesternworld.

AlthoughbornofafamilyprominentinAthenianpolitics,Platosoughttofindsolutionstotheproblemsofsocietythroughphilosophicalthoughtasopposedtopolitical.Hisfocuswasonethics,metaphysicsandtheunderstandingofreality.Healsoconcentratedonstudiesofhowtoachievetheidealsocietyandofhumanemotionandlove.PlatotravelledtoItalyandEgyptandstudiedwithstudentsofPythagorusbeforefoundingtheAcademyinAthens.TheAcademywasthefirstpermanentinstitutiondedicatedtophilosophicalresearchandteachingandwastobetheprototypeforallfutureWesternuniversities.

Platopublished20dialoguesinhislifetimeandhismasterpiecewasTheRepublic,writtenaround375BC.

'Ifanybookschangetheworld,Republichasagoodclaimtofirstplace'SimonBlackburn,Guardian Plato (c.427-347 BC) stands with Socrates and Aristotle as one of the shapers of the whole intellectual tradition of the West. He founded in Athens the Academy, the first permanent institution devoted to philosophical research and teaching, and theprototype of all Western universities. Desmond Lee was a fellow and tutor of Classics at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and later became President of St Hughes Hall, Cambridge. Melissa Lane received her PhD in Philosophy from Cambridge University. She teaches the history of political thought and political philosophy in the History Faculty at Cambridge University, and is a Fellow of King's College. Her books include Method and Politics in Plato's Statesman (Cambridge, 1998) and Plato's Progeny: how Plato and Socrates still captivate the modern mind (Duckworth, 2001). Introduction

Further Reading

Note on the Translation

Translator's Acknowledgements

PART I: INTRODUCTION

　BKI Ⅰ. Prelude

　　2. The Conventional View .of Justice Developed

　　3. Thrasymachus and the Rejection of　Conventional Morality

　　　1. First Statement and Criticisms

　　　2. Second Statement c~nd Final Refutation

　BKI Ⅱ 4. Adeimantus and Glaucon Restate the Casefor Injustice

　　1. Glaucon

　　2. Adeim~ntus

PART II: PRELIMINARIES

　　1. First Principles of Social Organ!zatio'n

　　2. Civilized Society

　　3. Qualities Required in the Guardians

　　……

PART Ⅲ　EDUVATION:THE FIRSI STAGE

PART Ⅳ　GUARDIANS AND AUXILIARIES

PART Ⅴ  JUSTICE IN STATE AND INDIVIDUAL

PART Ⅵ  WOMEN AND THE FAML

PART Ⅶ  THE PHILOSOPHER FAMILY

PART Ⅷ  EDUCATION OF THE PHIL OSOPHER
内容简介:
Plato'sRepubliciswidelyacknowledgedasthecornerstoneofWesternphilosophy.PresentedintheformofadialoguebetweenSocratesandthreedifferentinterlocutors,itisanenquiryintothenotionofaperfectcommunityandtheidealindividualwithinit.Duringtheconversationotherquestionsareraised:whatisgoodness;whatisreality;whatisknowledge?TheRepublicalsoaddressesthepurposeofeducationandtheroleofbothwomenandmenas'guardians'ofthepeople.Withremarkablelucidityanddeftuseofallegory,Platoarrivesatadepictionofastateboundbyharmonyandruledby'philosopherkings'.

AboutTheAuthor

Platoc.427–347BCissaidtohaveplayedafundamentalroleinshapingtheintellectualtraditionoftheWest.TaughtbySocratesandteacherofAristotle,PlatowaspartofalineageofthekeythinkersoftheWesternworld.

AlthoughbornofafamilyprominentinAthenianpolitics,Platosoughttofindsolutionstotheproblemsofsocietythroughphilosophicalthoughtasopposedtopolitical.Hisfocuswasonethics,metaphysicsandtheunderstandingofreality.Healsoconcentratedonstudiesofhowtoachievetheidealsocietyandofhumanemotionandlove.PlatotravelledtoItalyandEgyptandstudiedwithstudentsofPythagorusbeforefoundingtheAcademyinAthens.TheAcademywasthefirstpermanentinstitutiondedicatedtophilosophicalresearchandteachingandwastobetheprototypeforallfutureWesternuniversities.

Platopublished20dialoguesinhislifetimeandhismasterpiecewasTheRepublic,writtenaround375BC.

'Ifanybookschangetheworld,Republichasagoodclaimtofirstplace'SimonBlackburn,Guardian
作者简介:
Plato (c.427-347 BC) stands with Socrates and Aristotle as one of the shapers of the whole intellectual tradition of the West. He founded in Athens the Academy, the first permanent institution devoted to philosophical research and teaching, and theprototype of all Western universities. Desmond Lee was a fellow and tutor of Classics at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and later became President of St Hughes Hall, Cambridge. Melissa Lane received her PhD in Philosophy from Cambridge University. She teaches the history of political thought and political philosophy in the History Faculty at Cambridge University, and is a Fellow of King's College. Her books include Method and Politics in Plato's Statesman (Cambridge, 1998) and Plato's Progeny: how Plato and Socrates still captivate the modern mind (Duckworth, 2001).
目录:
Introduction

Further Reading

Note on the Translation

Translator's Acknowledgements

PART I: INTRODUCTION

　BKI Ⅰ. Prelude

　　2. The Conventional View .of Justice Developed

　　3. Thrasymachus and the Rejection of　Conventional Morality

　　　1. First Statement and Criticisms

　　　2. Second Statement c~nd Final Refutation

　BKI Ⅱ 4. Adeimantus and Glaucon Restate the Casefor Injustice

　　1. Glaucon

　　2. Adeim~ntus

PART II: PRELIMINARIES

　　1. First Principles of Social Organ!zatio'n

　　2. Civilized Society

　　3. Qualities Required in the Guardians

　　……

PART Ⅲ　EDUVATION:THE FIRSI STAGE

PART Ⅳ　GUARDIANS AND AUXILIARIES

PART Ⅴ  JUSTICE IN STATE AND INDIVIDUAL

PART Ⅵ  WOMEN AND THE FAML

PART Ⅶ  THE PHILOSOPHER FAMILY

PART Ⅷ  EDUCATION OF THE PHIL OSOPHER