First published in 2000, this translation of one of the great works of Western political thought is based on the assumption that when Plato chose the dialogue form for his writing, he intended these dialogues to sound like conversations - although conversations of a philosophical sort. In addition to a vivid, dignified and accurate rendition of Plato's text, the student and gen...(展开全部)

R.E. Allen's highly regarded translations of the dialogues of Plato have been praised for their faithfulness and readability. Many years in the making, his translation of "The Republic" has been eagerly awaited. It comes now to crown a distinguished classicist's efforts to make Plato's works available in readable and accurate translations. This new, lucid translation of Plato's...(展开全部)

Why do some book covers instantly grab your attention, while others never get a second glance? Fusing word and image, as well as design thinking and literary criticism, this captivating investigation goes behind the scenes of the cover design process to answer this question and more. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW As the outward face o...(展开全部)

The Dutch are 'the envy of some, the fear of others, and the wonder of all their neighbours'. So wrote the English ambassador to the Dutch Republic, Sir William Temple, in 1673. Maarten Prak offers a lively and innovative history of the Dutch Golden Age, charting its political, social, economic and cultural history through chapters that range from the introduction of the tulip ...(展开全部)

帕特南·威爾（Putnam Weale），即伯特倫·萊諾克斯·辛普森（Bertram Lenox simpson, 1877—1930），英國人，生於寧波，是中國海關一位英籍官員的兒子。早年留學瑞士，除母語英語外，還能流利地運用法語，德語和漢語。回到中國後，曾在中國海關總稅務司署任職，1902年辭職，投身新聞業，先後任幾家英國報紙駐北京的通訊員、倫敦《每日電訊報》（The Daily Telegraph）駐北京記者，1916年被中華民國總統黎元洪聘為總統府顧問，負責對外宣傳，1922—1925年兼任奉系軍閥張作霖的顧問，期間還主持了當時北京的英文報紙《東方時報》（The Far Eastern Times 1923—1928）。1930年他轉而支持閻錫山，後於同年11月遇刺身亡。 辛普森是知名的中國通，出版過《遠東的新調整》《滿人和俄國人》《來自北京...(展开全部)

本书以正义范畴为讨论的中心，以对话体的形式，谈及了道德、教育、专政、民主、独裁、共产、文艺、宗教以及男女平权等问题。

本书以正义范畴为讨论的中心，以对话体的形式，谈及了道德、教育、专政、民主、独裁、共产、文艺、宗教以及男女平权等问题。

在线阅读本书 Ostensibly a discussion of the nature of justice, The Republic presents Plato's vision of the ideal state, covering a wide range of topics: social, educational, psychological, moral, and philosophical. It also includes some of Plato's most important writing on the nature of reality and the theory of the "forms." Translated with an Introduction by Desmond Lee