…Here's my list of literature everyone should at least try (in no particular order): Homer: both the Iliad and Odyssey Sophocles: Oedipus the King (read it - far better than you might think) Plato: The Apology of Socrates Sappho's fragmentary poems (the translation by Anne Carson titled If not, winter is especially good) Dante: Inferno Shakespeare: at least one tragedy, one history, one comedy and one of the final "problem…
I recommend The Apology of Socrates and The Republic, both written by Plato. The former because it's an excellent introduction to one of the west's most influential figures (Socrates). As a testament to that influence, any philosopher…
通识类：托马斯·库恩《科学革命的结构》、柏拉图《苏格拉底的申辩》。专业类：Andrew Hunt 和 David Thomas 的《程序员修炼之道》（The Pragmatic Programmer）、Golden Krishna 的《最好的界面是没有界面》（The Best Interface is No Interface）
Generally: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn The Apology of Socrates, Plato Professionally: The Pragmatic Programmer, Andrew Hunt and David Thomas The Best Interface is No Interface, Golden Krishna
I was reminded of this passage from Plato's Apology of Socrates: "I went to the poets; tragic, dithyrambic, and all sorts. And there, I said to myself, you will be detected; now you will find out that you are more ignorant than they are. Accordingly, I took them…
…also observed that the very fact that they were poets made them think that they had a perfect understanding of all other subjects, of which they were totally ignorant. — Socrates, quoted by Plato in The Apology of Socrates (translated by Hugh Tredinnick)
…这是我觉得每个人至少都该读一读的文学书单（排名不分先后）：荷马：《伊利亚特》和《奥德赛》；索福克勒斯：《俄狄浦斯王》（去读读看——比你想象的好看多了）；柏拉图：《苏格拉底的申辩》；萨福的残诗（安妮·卡森翻译的《若非，冬日》尤其棒）；但丁：《神曲·地狱篇》；莎士比亚：至少一部悲剧、一部历史剧、一部喜剧，以及最后那些“问题…
…Here's my list of literature everyone should at least try (in no particular order): Homer: both the Iliad and Odyssey Sophocles: Oedipus the King (read it - far better than you might think) Plato: The Apology of Socrates Sappho's fragmentary poems (the translation by Anne Carson titled If not, winter is especially good) Dante: Inferno Shakespeare: at least one tragedy, one history, one comedy and one of the final "problem…
我推荐柏拉图写的《苏格拉底的申辩》和《理想国》。推荐前者是因为它是了解西方最具影响力的人物之一（苏格拉底）的绝佳入门作。作为这种影响力的证明，任何哲学家…
I recommend The Apology of Socrates and The Republic, both written by Plato. The former because it's an excellent introduction to one of the west's most influential figures (Socrates). As a testament to that influence, any philosopher…
通识类：托马斯·库恩《科学革命的结构》、柏拉图《苏格拉底的申辩》。专业类：Andrew Hunt 和 David Thomas 的《程序员修炼之道》（The Pragmatic Programmer）、Golden Krishna 的《最好的界面是没有界面》（The Best Interface is No Interface）
Generally: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn The Apology of Socrates, Plato Professionally: The Pragmatic Programmer, Andrew Hunt and David Thomas The Best Interface is No Interface, Golden Krishna
柏拉图的《苏格拉底的申辩》
The apology of Socrates by Plato
我想起了柏拉图《苏格拉底的申辩》里的这段话：“我又去找了那些诗人，写悲剧的、写酒神颂的，什么类型都有。当时我心想，这下你该原形毕露了；你马上就会发现自己比他们更无知。于是，我拿起他们…
I was reminded of this passage from Plato's Apology of Socrates: "I went to the poets; tragic, dithyrambic, and all sorts. And there, I said to myself, you will be detected; now you will find out that you are more ignorant than they are. Accordingly, I took them…
…还观察到，恰恰因为他们是诗人，就自以为对其他所有一窍不通的领域也了如指掌。——苏格拉底，引自柏拉图《苏格拉底的申辩》（Hugh Tredinnick 译本）
…also observed that the very fact that they were poets made them think that they had a perfect understanding of all other subjects, of which they were totally ignorant. — Socrates, quoted by Plato in The Apology of Socrates (translated by Hugh Tredinnick)