哲学家苏格拉底
Socrates
HewasprominentlylampoonedinAristophanes'comedyTheClouds,producedwhenSocrateswasinhismid-forties;hesaidathistrial(accordingtoPlato)thatthelaughterofthetheaterwasahardertasktoanswerthantheargumentsofhisaccusers.SørenKierkegaardbelievedthisplaywasamoreaccuraterepresentationofSocratesthanthoseofhisstudents.Intheplay,Socratesisridiculedforhisdirtiness,whichisassociatedwiththeLaconizingfad;alsoinplaysbyCallias,Eupolis,andTelecleides.OthercomicpoetswholampoonedSocratesincludeMnesimachusandAmeipsias.Inallofthese,SocratesandtheSophistswerecriticisedfor"themoraldangersinherentincontemporarythoughtandliterature".
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Plato
Compositionofthedialogues
Narrationofthedialogues
TrialofSocrates
科学家达尔文
CharlesRobertDarwin
Darwinwasaprolificwriter.Evenwithoutpublicationofhisworksonevolution,hewouldhavehadaconsiderablereputationastheauthorofTheVoyageoftheBeagle,asageologistwhohadpublishedextensivelyonSouthAmericaandhadsolvedthepuzzleoftheformationofcoralatolls,andasabiologistwhohadpublishedthedefinitiveworkonbarnacles.WhileTheOriginofSpeciesdominatesperceptionsofhiswork,TheDescentofManandTheExpressionoftheEmotionsinManandAnimalshadconsiderableimpact,andhisbooksonplantsincludingThePowerofMovementinPlantswereinnovativestudiesofgreatimportance,aswashisfinalworkonTheFormationofVegetableMouldthroughtheActionofWorms.
思想家、哲学家亚里士多德
Aristotle
TheworksofAristotlethathavesurvivedfromantiquitythroughmedievalmanuscripttransmissionarecollectedintheCorpusAristotelicum.Thesetexts,asopposedtoAristotle'slostworks,aretechnicalphilosophicaltreatisesfromwithinAristotle'sschool.ReferencetothemismadeaccordingtotheorganizationofImmanuelBekker'sRoyalPrussianAcademyedition(AristotelisOperaediditAcademiaRegiaBorussica,Berlin,1831–1870),whichinturnisbasedonancientclassificationsoftheseworks.
作家马克·吐温
SamuelLanghorneClemens(November30,1835–April21,1910),betterknownbyhispennameMarkTwain,wasanAmericanauthorandhumorist.
AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn,
TheAdventuresofTomSawyer
