A mix of writers historical and modern, male and female, this anthology includes works by such luminaries as Benjamin Franklin, Martin Luther King, Jr., Erma Bombeck, Sandra Cisneros, Albert Einstein, Abigail Adams, Mark Twain, Eudora Welty, and John F. Kennedy.
Plato'sRepubliciswidelyacknowledgedasthecornerstoneofWesternphilosophy.PresentedintheformofadialoguebetweenSocratesandthreedifferentinterlocutors,itisanenquiryintothenotionofaperfectcommunityandtheidealindividualwithinit.Duringtheconversationotherquestionsareraised:whatisgoodness;whatisreality;whatisknowledge?TheRepublicalsoaddressesthepurposeofeducationandtheroleofbothwomenandmenas'guardians'ofthepeople.Withremarkablelucidityanddeftuseofallegory,Platoarrivesatadepictionofastateboundbyharmonyandruledby'philosopherkings'. AboutTheAuthor Platoc.427–347BCissaidtohaveplayedafundamentalroleinshapingtheintellectualtraditionoftheWest.TaughtbySocratesandteacherofAristotle,PlatowaspartofalineageofthekeythinkersoftheWesternworld. AlthoughbornofafamilyprominentinAthenianpolitics,Platosoughttofindsolutionstotheproblemsofsocietythroughphilosophicalthoughtasopposedtopolitical.Hisfocuswasonethics,metaphysicsandtheunderstandingofreality.Healsoconcentratedonstudiesofhowtoachievetheidealsocietyandofhumanemotionandlove.Pl
Thedocumentsthatshapedanation. Threeofthefoundingfathersbrilliantlydefendtheirrevolutionarycharter:theConstitutionoftheUnitedStates,amilestoneinpoliticalscienceandaclassicofAmericanhistory. 《联邦党人文集》三位作者都是美国建国初期起过不同作用的资产阶级历史人物。他们当时自称联邦共和国制度。因此,《联邦党人文集》是全面为新宪法辩护的一部著作。对目前联邦政府的无能有了无可置疑的经验以后,要请你们为美利坚合众国慎重考虑一部新的宪法。这个问题本身就能说明它的重要性;因为它的后果涉及联邦的生存、联邦各组成部分的安全与福利,以及一个在许多方面可以说是世界上最引人注意的帝国的命运。时常有人指出,似乎有下面的重要问题留待我国人民用他们的行为和范例来求得解决:人类社会是否真正能够通过深思熟虑和自由选择来建立一个良好的政府,还是他们永远注定要靠机遇