灵魂不灭的正义理想——从厄尔神话到西庇阿之梦

The Justice Ideal of Eternal Soul——Myth of Er and Dream of Scipio

柏拉图和西塞罗是西方古典主义政治思想的两位核心代表人物,其思想、学说也在一定程度上代表了各自的时代。两位哲人在他们最重要的著作《理想国》和《论共和国》的最后一章中都以一个超越世俗的神话(幻梦)作为结尾来表达自己对灵魂不灭正义理想的追求,这无疑是一件很值得深味的事情。

Plato and Cicero are two core representatives of the Western classical political thought.Their thoughts and theories also represent their respective times to a certain extent.In the last chapters of their most important works The Republic and De Re Publica,the two philosophers expressed their pursuit of the immortal and justice ideal of the soul with a myth(dream)beyond the secular world,which is undoubtedly a matter worthy of deep thinking.