孔子与柏拉图政治思想的比较

A Comparison of Confucius' and Plato's Political Thoughts

孔子是中国传统主流政治思想的先锋,柏拉图是西方古典政治思想的开拓者。本文通过对他们政治思想中的“礼”与“正义”、政治制度的、政治主体以及政治理想的框架性比较,简单概括出他们政治思想的相似性与差异性,并总结了他们对中西政治文明产生的重大影响。

Confucius is the vanguard of the traditional Chinese mainstream political thoughts, while Plato the pioneer of the classical western political thoughts. The present paper intends to point out briefly the similarities and differences in their political thoughts and the great influence from them on the Chinese and western political civilizations by comparing their political thoughts on the ＂rite＂ and ＂justice＂, the political systems, the political mainstay and the political ideals.