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The Republic Author: (Ancient Greece) Plato Translator: Xie Shanyuan Shanghai Translation Publishing House
The Republic Author: (Ancient Greece) Plato Translator: Xie Shanyuan Shanghai Translation Publishing House
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Introduction · · · · · ·
The Republic is a classic in Western philosophy. In the book, the author Plato discusses the meaning of justice from the perspective of his teacher, Socrates, whether being a good person in disguise and a bad person in reality is in the best interests of people; whether ruling itself is beneficial to the ruler or the ruled; what state the country should be in? The reincarnation of the soul, etc., and puts forward the famous "Allegory of the Cave" and the concept of "Ideal Form" in history. The discussion on social forms in this book has become the source of communist ideas.
The translator of this book has translated "The Death of Socrates" (Shanghai Translation Publishing House). For the translation of "The Republic" this time, he referred to and used a variety of English translations (the most important of which are Harvard University's Loeb Series, Paul Shorey's translation, Basic Books' Bloom's translation, and Hackett Publishing's CDC Reeve's translation) for comparative translation, and referred to several Chinese translations (including Wang Taiqing, Guo Binhe, Wang Xiaochao, Zhang Zhuming, etc.) to increase the annotations to the maximum extent, greatly improving the accuracy of the translation.
This book is made of pure paper and has beautifully designed packaging, making it an ideal version for collection.
About the Author
Plato (c. 427-347 BC)
One of the founders of the Western thought tradition, he is one of the three great Western sages along with Socrates and Aristotle. He proposed theories such as "theory of ideas" and "the ideal state". His main works are Plato's dialogues, in which Socrates is the protagonist. The Academy he founded is the prototype of all later Western universities.
