"柏拉圖,這位哲學領域中的璀璨明燈,無疑是古希臘智慧的閃耀象徵。他不僅是蘇格拉底的傑出門徒,更是通往理想境界的詩人與導師,擁有永恆不滅的思想影響。在他那深邃的思考海洋中,我們不僅看到一位哲者的智慧光華,更見證了一種對真、善、美追求的哲學熱情。"
"Plato (/ˈpleɪtoʊ/ PLAY-toe;[1] Greek: Πλάτων), born Aristocles (Ἀριστοκλῆς; c. 427 – 348 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms. He raised problems for what became all the major areas of both theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy, and was the founder of the Platonic Academy, a philosophical school in Athens where Plato taught the doctrines that would later become known as Platonism.
Plato's most famous contribution is the theory of forms (or ideas), which has been interpreted as advancing a solution to what is now known as the problem of universals. He was decisively influenced by the pre-Socratic thinkers Pythagoras, Heraclitus, and Parmenides, although much of what is known about them is derived from Plato himself."
柏拉圖以其富有詩意的論述,融合了數學之精準與譬喻之美感,建構了他著名的理想國篇章,其中那些永恆的範式和概念框架,至今仍在啟發著世人的思維與靈魂。他的「理想世界」觀點,將可變的物質世界與永恆不變的真理世界對照,引領著我們在形而上學的長河中探尋知識的本質。
通過柏拉圖筆下的對話錄,我們似乎可見那位大師蘇格拉底的影子;在這些對話中,他彷彿以一種超越時空的智慧,與我們對話,教導我們如何以高尚的心靈去尋找真理與理性。柏拉圖恆久的智慧光芒,靈性的火焰,至今仍照亮著人類進步的道路,激勵著後來者在真知的道路上,無懼前行。
柏拉圖的哲學王國里,是智慧與理性的園地,每一個靈魂都在追尋著那不可觸及的真理之美。他的身影,如同一座哲學的金字塔,堅實地立於時代的長河中,見證著人類知識的演進與靈魂的昇華。在他的哲學寶庫中,每一個真理都是寶石,帶我們進入了一個更高層次的認識世界。
1. "Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
智者因為有話要說而說話;愚人因為必須說些什麼而說話。
2. "The measure of a man is what he does with power."
一個人的衡量標準在於他如何處理權力。
3. "Courage is knowing what not to fear."
勇氣就是知道什麼不值得害怕。
4. "Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil."
無知,是一切邪惡的根源和主幹。
5. "At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet."
愛的觸碰使每個人都成為詩人。
6. "Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything."
音樂是一種道德法則。它賦予宇宙靈魂,給思想翅膀,給想像力飛翔,並賦予生活和一切事物魅力和歡樂。
7. "Love is a serious mental disease."
愛是一種嚴重的精神疾病。
8. "He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it."
犯下不義的人比受害者更加痛苦。
9. "The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself."
拒絕統治的最重罰則是被比自己差的人統治。
10. "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
要善良,因為你遇到的每個人都在進行一場艱苦的戰鬥。
11. "No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death."
對一個善良的人來說,無論是在生活中還是在死後,都不會發生惡事。
12. "The greatest wealth is to live content with little."
最大的財富就是滿足於少量的生活。
13. "The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."
對公共事務漠不關心的善良人所付出的代價是被邪惡的人統治。
14. "The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself."
第一個也是最偉大的勝利是征服自己。
15. "I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing."
我是活著最聰明的人,因為我知道一件事,那就是我一無所知。