教育：为铸造幸福的国家——柏拉图《理想国》研读

《理想国》是古希腊伟大哲学家柏拉图的主要代表作。在书中，柏拉图运用与不同人物对话的方式，从探讨“正义”的概念出发，全面阐述关于哲学、政治、道德、教育等广泛问题的见解。柏拉图提出了由“哲学王”统治、社会不同阶级各守本分、各司其职的理想国家模型，并系统论述了“哲学王”培养的教育方案。《理想国》是西方世界第一部完整的教育著作，其中所提出的强调教育与政治之间的关系、注重精英教育、以心灵提升作为教育的目的以及以“四艺”（算术、几何、天文学和音乐理论）作为重要教育内容等主张，均对后世产生了深远的影响。

Education：Building a Happy Nation --A Careful Study of Plato＇ s Republic

Republic is the representative work of Plato, the great philosopher of Ancient Greece. In this book, starting from the concept of justice, Plato expressed his opinions about philosophy, politics, morals, education, etc. by means of dialogues with different people. Plato brought forth a model for an ideal state, in which a ＂philosophy-king＂ is its ruler and every class keeps its place and performs its duty. He also systematically expounded the educational plan for producing a ＂philosophy-king＂. Republic is the first book on education in the West. His proposal that emphasis should be laid on the relationship between education and politics, much importance attached to elite education, improving spirit be the purpose of education and that ＂the four arts＂ （arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and musical theory） be the main content of education has exerted great influence on the education of later ages.