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1、oxfordworld’sclassicsMENOANDOTHERDIALOGUESPlato(c.427–347bce),Athenianphilosopher-dramatist,hashadapro-foundandlastinginfluenceuponWesternintellectualtradition.Bornintoawealthyandprominentfamily,hegrewupduringtheconflictbetweenAthensandthePeloponnesiansta

2、teswhichengulfedtheGreekworldfrom431to404bce.Followingitsturbulentaftermath,hewasdeeplyaffectedbythecondemnationandexecutionofhisreveredmasterSocrates(469–399)onchargesofirreligionandcorruptingtheyoung.Inrevulsionfrompoliticalactivity,Platodevotedhislife

3、tothepursuitofphilosophyandtocomposingmemoirsofSocraticenquirycastindia-logueform.HewasstronglyinfluencedbythePythagoreanthinkersofsouthernItalyandSicily,whichheissaidtohavevisitedwhenhewasabout40.SometimeafterreturningtoAthens,hefoundedtheAcademy,anearl

4、yancestorofthemodernuniversity,devotedtophilosophicalandmathematicalenquiry,andtotheeducationoffuturerulersor‘philosopher-kings’.TheAcademy’smostcelebratedmemberwastheyoungAristotle(384–322),whostudiedthereforthelasttwentyyearsofPlato’slife.Theirworksma

5、rkthehighestpeakofphilosophicalachievementinantiquity,andbothcontinuetorankamongthegreatestphilosophersofalltime.PlatoistheearliestWesternphilosopherfromwhoseoutputcompleteworkshavebeenpreserved.Atleasttwenty-fiveofhisdialoguesareextant,rangingfromfewert

6、hantwentytomorethanthreehundredpagesinlength.Fortheircombinationofdramaticrealism,poeticbeauty,intellectualvitality,andemotionalpowertheyareuniqueinWesternliterature.RobinWaterfieldhasbeenauniversitylecturer(atNewcastleuponTyneandStAndrews),andaneditora

7、ndpublisher.Currently,however,heisaself-employedwriter,whosebooksrangefromphilosophyandhistorytochildren’sfiction.Hehaspreviouslytranslated,forOxfordWorld’sClassics,Plato’sRepublic,Symposium,Gorgias,andPhaedrus,Aristotle’sPhysics,Herodotus’Histories,Plut

8、arch’sGreekLivesandRomanLives,Euripides’OrestesandOtherPlaysandHeraclesandOtherPlays,Xenophon’sTheExpeditionofCyrus,andTheFirstPhilosophers:ThePresocraticsandtheSophists.oxfordworld’sclassicsForover100yearsOxfordWorld’sClassicsha