2010 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 0140455493 | EPUB | 3.0 MB
'Consider just this, and give your minds to this alone: whether or not what I say is just'
Plato's account of Socrates' trial and death (399 BC) is a significant moment in Classical literature and the life of Classical Athens. In these four dialogues, Plato develops the Socratic belief in responsibility for one's self and shows Socrates living and dying under his philosophy. In Euthyphro, Socrates debates goodness outside the courthouse; Apology sees him in court, rebutting all charges of impiety; in Crito, he refuses an entreaty to escape from prison; and in Phaedo, Socrates faces his impending death with calmness and skilful discussion of immortality.
Christopher Rowe's introduction to his powerful new translation examines the book's themes of identity and confrontation, and explores how its content is less historical fact than a promotion of Plato's Socratic philosophy.
对苏格拉底的审判和处刑,是古希腊雅典城邦史,乃至西方思想史上的一个重要时刻。本书收录的四篇对话录,为苏格拉底的学生柏拉图所著。通过记述苏格拉底之死这一历史事件,柏拉图发展了他的哲学。同时,也向世人展示了苏格拉底独特的生活、思想和人格魅力。
柏拉图(plato,约公元前427年—347年),西方思想传统奠基人之一,同苏格拉底和亚里士多德齐名。
柏拉图来自一个长期在雅典政界扮演重要角色的家庭,但由于厌恶政治圈内的暴力和腐败,他拒绝沿循这一家族传统。公元前399年,苏格拉底 (他的朋友兼老师)被判死刑,更让他感到失望和恶心。受苏格拉底对道德标准的性质的种种讨论的启发,柏拉图想到要用哲学,而不是政治,来治疗社会的各种弊病。这最后成为了他的一个基本而持久的信念,即除非哲学家成为统治者或统治者成为哲学家,否则,社会的弊病永不息止。
公元前4世纪初,他在雅典创立了柏拉图学院(academy)。这是第一个专门从事哲学研究和教学的永久性机构,也是后来所有西方大学的雏形。
柏拉图著述了超过20篇哲学对话录:他的文艺活动长达半个多世纪;很少有其他作家能像他那样把希腊散文的优雅、确凿、灵活和力量发挥得如此淋漓尽致。
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