《文思博要•理想国(英汉对照)(典藏版)》就是他对理想国家的设计和规划。《文思博要•理想国(英汉对照)(典藏版)》是柏拉图重要的对话体著作之一，也是其著述中最重要的一种。此书通过几个人有问有答的方式展开辩论，广征博引，借苏格拉底之口，论证柏拉图理想国家的主张，描绘了柏拉图心目中的理想王国。他认为一个理想国应以哲学家为君主，以哲学的思维方式和方法来管理、统治臣民。同时君主也像真正的哲学家一样研究哲学，集权力与智慧于一身，否则人们所期待的社会制度就只能停留在口头上，永远不会实现。

"The Laws," Plato's longest dialogue, has for centuries been recognized as the most comprehensive exposition of the "practical" consequences of his philosophy, a necessary corrective to the more visionary and utopian "Republic." In this animated encounter between a foreign philosopher and a powerful statesman, not only do we see reflected, in Plato's own thought, eternal questions of the relation between political theory and practice, but we also witness the working out of a detailed plan for a new political order that embodies the results of Plato's mature reflection on the family, the status of women, property rights, criminal law, and the role of religion and the fine arts in a healthy republic. "Because it succeeds in being both literal and comprehensive, it is by far superior to any translation available. By reproducing dramatic detail often omitted, such as oaths, hesitations, repetitions, and forms of address, Pangle allows the reader to follow the dialogue's interplay between argument and dramatic context. . . . Pangle's translation captures the excitement and the drama of Plato's text."--Mary P. Nichols, "Ancient Philosophy" "Pangle's achievement is remarkable. . . . The accompanying interpretive essay is an excellent distillation of a dialogue three times its size. The commentary is thoughtful, even profound; and it amply demonstrates the importance of reading Plato carefully and from a translation that is true to his language."--Patrick Coby, "American Political Science Review"

1971年秋，在施特劳斯教授去世前两年，他完成了这份研究，这是他晚年的主要作品。他以对柏拉图的毕生思索、以对《法义》的特殊兴趣写就了本书。

Plato's dialogues show Socrates at different ages, beginning when he was about nineteen and already deeply immersed in philosophy and ending with his execution five decades later. By presenting his model philosopher across a fifty-year span of his life, Plato leads his readers to wonder: does that time period correspond to the development of Socrates' thought? In this magisterial investigation of the evolution of Socrates' philosophy, Laurence Lampert answers in the affirmative. The chronological route that Plato maps for us, Lampert argues, reveals the enduring record of philosophy as it gradually took the form that came to dominate the life of the mind in the West. The reader accompanies Socrates as he breaks with the century-old tradition of philosophy, turns to his own path, gradually enters into a deeper understanding of nature and human nature, and discovers a successful way to transmit his wisdom to the wider world. Focusing on the final and most prominent step in that process and offering detailed textual analysis of Plato's "Protagoras", "Charmides", and "Republic", "How Philosophy Became Socratic" charts Socrates' gradual discovery of a proper politics to shelter and advance philosophy.

柏拉图著作的真伪问题与所谓的“荷马问题”、“圣经问题”和“苏格拉底问题”一样，主要不是纯粹的学术考据问题，而是“现代性”的义理问题。 从某种程度上说，对一件重要文献真伪问题的讨论，既考察着思想史的"客观"面貌，也反映出讨论者的个人品味和思想路数，更折射出一个时代的精神气度来：我们在柏拉图著作的真伪这面镜子中，看到的更多的是我们自己。

本书是一本为柏拉图《法义》所作的导读。全书结构分为三个部分：第一部分介绍了柏拉图的《法义》结构、文风、义理在他整个作品织体中的位置；第二部分分五章分析性地概括了《法义》全书的文脉；第三部分是附录，按内在的论题结构提供原书关键段落的今译，并附有相当细致的注释。通过阅读本书，读者不仅可以对全书的文学形式和思想意蕴形成概观性的把握，而且可以对原作的关键段落产生切实的阅读感。