　　世界文学名著表现了作者描述的特定时代的文化。阅读这些名著可以领略著者流畅的文笔、逼真的描述、详细的刻画，让读者如同置身当时的历史文化之中。为此，我们将这套精心编辑的“名著典藏”奉献给广大读者。
　　我们找来了专门研究西方历史、西方文化的专家学者，请教了专业的翻译人员，精心挑选了这些可以代表西方文学的著作，并听取了一些国外专门研究文学的朋友的建议，不删节、不做任何人为改动，严格按照原著的风格，提供原汁原味的西方名著，让读者能享受纯正的英文名著。
　　随着阅读的展开，你会发现自己的英语水平无形中有了大幅提高，并且对西方历史文化的了解也日益深入广阔。
　　送您一套经典，让您受益永远！

内容简介

　　这是古希腊伟大哲学家柏拉图的代表作，反映西方古代政治思想家的专著。《理想国（英文版）》为对话体，柏拉图与各色人的等以一问一答的方式辨论探讨国家的形成。《理想国（英文版）》生动有趣，不仅是哲学家的宣言书，而且是哲人政治家撰写的治国计划纲要。《理想国（英文版）》为英文版本。

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　　Neither would you approve of the delicacies，as they arethought，ofAthenian confectionary？
　　Certainly not.
　　All such feeding and living may be rightly compared by USto melody and song composed in the panharmonic style，andin all the rhythms.
　　Exactly.
　　There complexity engendered licence，and here disease；whereas simplicity in music was the parent of temperance inthe soul；and simplicity in gymnastic of health in the body.
　　Most true，he said.
　　But when intemperance and diseases multiply in a State.halls of justice and medicine are always being opened；andthe arts of the doctor and the lawyer give themselves airs.finding how keen is the interest which not only the slaves butthe freemenofa citytake aboutthem.
　　Of course.
　　And yet what greater proofcan there be Of a bad and dis-graceful State of education than this，that not only artisansand the meaner sort of people need the skill of first-rate phy-sicians and judges，but also those who would profess to havehad a liberal education？Is it not disgraceful，and a great signofthe want of good-breeding，that a man should have to goabroad for his law and physic because he has none of hisown at home，and must therefore surl"ender himselfinto thehands of other men whom he makes lords and judges overhim？
　　Of all things，he said，the most disgraceful.
　　……