没有一位哲人像柏拉图那样关注严格的哲学思考，也没有一位哲人能以更为丰富的想象力和创造力吸引读者加入哲学对话。柏拉图其人其书两千多年来被人们不断解读，众说纷纭。本书以广博的视野、权威的眼光、平实的语言介绍了柏拉图的复杂思想和多方面的天才创见，展示了柏拉图研究的最新成果，凸显了柏拉图哲学的现代关怀。

This lively and accessible introduction to Plato focuses on the philosophy and argument of his writings, drawing the reader into Plato's way of doing philosophy, and the general themes of his thinking. This is not a book to leave the reader standing in the outer court of introduction and background information, but leads directly into Plato's argument. It looks at Plato as a th...(展开全部)

亚利桑那大学哲学系讲座教授。她曾在牛津大学和哥伦比亚大学执教，已出版11部著作，内容涉及古代哲学诸多方面，尤其是认识论、心灵哲学和伦理学。

- Introduces in a clear and concise way the most important basic findings and procedures of evolutionary biology - Looks at the evidence for evolution, eg the fossil record, the distribution of species, the similarities and differences between organisms - A section at the end looks at the seemingly difficult problems for the theory of evolution - Explains adaptation and natural...(展开全部)

Exploring the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity, and tracing its course over two millennia, Linda Woodhead provides a fresh, lively, and candid portrait of Christianity's past and present. Addressing topics including the competition for power between different forms of Christianity, the churches' use of power, and its struggles with modernity, this new editi...(展开全部)

- Introduces in a clear and concise way the most important basic findings and procedures of evolutionary biology - Looks at the evidence for evolution, eg the fossil record, the distribution of species, the similarities and differences between organisms - A section at the end looks at the seemingly difficult problems for the theory of evolution - Explains adaptation and natural...(展开全部)

Documentary film can encompass anything from Robert Flaherty's pioneering ethnography Nanook of the North to Michael Moore's anti-Iraq War polemic Fahrenheit 9/11, from Dziga Vertov's artful Soviet propaganda piece Man with a Movie Camera to Luc Jacquet's heart-tugging wildlife epic March of the Penguins. In this concise, crisply written guide, Patricia Aufderheide takes reader...(展开全部)

本书首先简要介绍了柏拉图的生平及其生活时代，而后则对柏拉图的哲学思想及其所遗留的著作进行全方位的解读，帮助读者全面、深入地领略柏拉图的思想体系，把握其富有启发性和包蕴性的思想。

Most people remember chemistry from their schooldays as largely incomprehensible, a subject that was fact-rich but understanding-poor, smelly, and so far removed from the real world of events and pleasures that there seemed little point, except for the most introverted, in coming to terms with its grubby concepts, spells, recipes, and rules. Peter Atkins wants to change all tha...(展开全部)

Law underlies our society - it protects our rights, imposes duties on each of us, and establishes a framework for the conduct of almost every social, political, and economic activity. The punishment of crime, compensation of the injured, and the enforcement of contracts are merely some of the tasks of a modern legal system. It also strives to achieve justice, promote freedom, a...(展开全部)