Plato, the great philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BCE. In early manhood an admirer of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philosophy in the grove Academus. Much else recorded of his life is uncertain; that he left Athens for a time after Socrates’ execution is probable; that later he went to Cyrene, Egypt, and Sicily is possible; that he was wealthy is likely; that he was critical of ’advanced’ democracy is obvious. He lived to be 80 years old. Linguistic tests including those of computer science still try to establish the order of his extant philosophical dialogues, written in splendid prose and revealing Socrates’ mind fused with Plato’s thought.
In Laches, Charmides, and Lysis, Socrates and others discuss separate ethical conceptions. Protagoras, Ion, and Meno discuss whether righteousness can be taught. In Gorgias, Socrates is estranged from his city’s thought, and his fate is impending. The Apology (not a dialogue), Crito, Euthyphro, and the unforgettable Phaedo relate the trial and death of Socrates and propound the immortality of the soul. In the famous Symposium and Phaedrus, written when Socrates was still alive, we find the origin and meaning of love. Cratylus discusses the nature of language. The great masterpiece in ten books, the Republic, concerns righteousness (and involves education, equality of the sexes, the structure of society, and abolition of slavery). Of the six so-called dialectical dialogues Euthydemus deals with philosophy; metaphysical Parmenides is about general concepts and absolute being; Theaetetus reasons about the theory of knowledge. Of its sequels, Sophist deals with not-being; Politicus with good and bad statesmanship and governments; Philebus with what is good. The Timaeus seeks the origin of the visible universe out of abstract geometrical elements. The unfinished Critias treats of lost Atlantis. Unfinished also is Plato’s last work of the twelve books of Laws (Socrates is absent from it), a critical discussion of principles of law which Plato thought the Greeks might accept.
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Euthyphro. Apology. Crito. Phaedo. Phaedrus 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
费德罗篇里面也有一部分是讨论爱欲,苏格拉底打了一个很好的比方,就是关于良马、劣马和驭手的隐喻。良马就是情感,或者上升一层来说是关于美的理念;劣马就是意志,或者达到目标的欲望;驭手就是理智。在看到美的事物时候,劣马会迫不及待、躁动不安,而良马则会感觉到...
评分费德罗篇里面也有一部分是讨论爱欲,苏格拉底打了一个很好的比方,就是关于良马、劣马和驭手的隐喻。良马就是情感,或者上升一层来说是关于美的理念;劣马就是意志,或者达到目标的欲望;驭手就是理智。在看到美的事物时候,劣马会迫不及待、躁动不安,而良马则会感觉到...
评分费德罗篇里面也有一部分是讨论爱欲,苏格拉底打了一个很好的比方,就是关于良马、劣马和驭手的隐喻。良马就是情感,或者上升一层来说是关于美的理念;劣马就是意志,或者达到目标的欲望;驭手就是理智。在看到美的事物时候,劣马会迫不及待、躁动不安,而良马则会感觉到...
评分费德罗篇里面也有一部分是讨论爱欲,苏格拉底打了一个很好的比方,就是关于良马、劣马和驭手的隐喻。良马就是情感,或者上升一层来说是关于美的理念;劣马就是意志,或者达到目标的欲望;驭手就是理智。在看到美的事物时候,劣马会迫不及待、躁动不安,而良马则会感觉到...
评分费德罗篇里面也有一部分是讨论爱欲,苏格拉底打了一个很好的比方,就是关于良马、劣马和驭手的隐喻。良马就是情感,或者上升一层来说是关于美的理念;劣马就是意志,或者达到目标的欲望;驭手就是理智。在看到美的事物时候,劣马会迫不及待、躁动不安,而良马则会感觉到...
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评分这几本都读过,全英文版。最喜欢Phaedrus,目前状态下十分认同这篇对话中柏拉图借苏格拉底对爱情友情的讨论。柏拉图说一个人能做到的最幸福的事情大概就是在闲暇中(leisure)可以和挚友讨论哲学的问题。这何尝不是我向往的生活呢?对一个人的欲望并不重要,重要的是灵魂上的契合,只有这样,你才能通过爱的这个人看到现实与自我。亚里士多德在尼各马可伦理学中也做了相关讨论,亚里士多德提出在一段完成式友谊(complete friendship)中,我们的朋友就像另一个自我。我认同这一观点,但柏拉图所说如何看到现实我尚且不知。可能是因为我从来没有以开始一段新感情的形式爱过一个人?到现在为止我爱的都是家人,这种爱应该是不一样的? 非常期待我能爱上一个人,这样说不定我能找到柏拉图说的是什么意思。
评分老苏好辩才!以后还得回头再读。
评分一个月读了三遍Κρίτων……最后一遍还是一天读完的快吐了!!!!读完智商下线了好久!!!!
评分这几本都读过,全英文版。最喜欢Phaedrus,目前状态下十分认同这篇对话中柏拉图借苏格拉底对爱情友情的讨论。柏拉图说一个人能做到的最幸福的事情大概就是在闲暇中(leisure)可以和挚友讨论哲学的问题。这何尝不是我向往的生活呢?对一个人的欲望并不重要,重要的是灵魂上的契合,只有这样,你才能通过爱的这个人看到现实与自我。亚里士多德在尼各马可伦理学中也做了相关讨论,亚里士多德提出在一段完成式友谊(complete friendship)中,我们的朋友就像另一个自我。我认同这一观点,但柏拉图所说如何看到现实我尚且不知。可能是因为我从来没有以开始一段新感情的形式爱过一个人?到现在为止我爱的都是家人,这种爱应该是不一样的? 非常期待我能爱上一个人,这样说不定我能找到柏拉图说的是什么意思。
Euthyphro. Apology. Crito. Phaedo. Phaedrus 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书