Plato is a great thinker in western history. Together with Socrates and Aristotle, Plato is regarded as the cornerstone of western philosophy. The complete and ideal political model he constructed in The Republic has always influenced future generations. Although limited by the times, environment and personal experience, his thought still has many limitations. However, his great contribution raised many issues to the legal level and formed important ideas and concepts in the history of human development.
Plato wrote about 40 dialogues, involving politics, economy, theology, psychology, natural science, education, ethics, law, rhetoric, literature, poetry and so on. Because Mr. Zhu Guangqian is an aesthete, his translation pays special attention to aesthetic articles, which are arranged in Literary Dialogue. ..
There are Yi 'an-On the Inspiration of Poetry, The Republic, Volume 23, Literature and Music Education of Rulers, The Republic, Volume 10, The Crimes of Poets, Federo-On Rhetoric, Hippocrates-On Beauty, Drinking-On Beauty and Philosophical Cultivation, and Felibus-on Aesthetic Feeling. This book records the daily conversations between teachers and students. This paper makes a very in-depth discussion on the topics of beauty, poetry, rhetoric, literature and art education, music education and so on.
Born in the aristocratic class of Athens, Plato received a good education from an early age. He studied with Socrates at the age of 20 until his teacher was sentenced to death. After middle age, he established a famous college in Athens, taught for 4 1 year, and spread his lifelong study and thoughts to many people. It should be said that he is a master of selling himself, and he is good at telling difficult knowledge vividly and easily in an easy-to-understand way.
The words in the dialogue are full of poetic beauty. He can often dissect the perceptual and rational parts of things and find the intersection of balance from a seemingly contradictory angle. Human beings like imitation and harmonious rhythm, which is the condition for the formation of literature and art. No matter what its development realizes, it has its possibility and inevitability. Plato was idealistic in western aesthetic thought, and later had a great influence on romanticism.
In particular, I saw his views on music. Among the four popular musical modes at that time, he opposed the plaintive Lydia style and the gentle Ilnia style, and emphasized the simple and serious dorris style and the Freudian style full of passionate fighting. After the tune comes the rhythm, and the beauty of music depends on the rhythm. The beauty of melody and rhythm all show good temperament, which is a real spiritual perfection. ...
Indeed, good works of art can impress us because they convey the characteristics of beauty. Let us feel the experience, get pleasure and purify our hearts. But it takes training to appreciate such creation. So art education is also a vital part of what he talked about. As early as more than 2,000 years ago, Plato put forward so many theories with practical significance, both in thought and practice, which influenced later generations. No wonder his writing is still a classic that we need to read and reread.