柏拉图在西方哲学史上的地位大略相当于孔子在中国思想史上的地位。怀特海说过一句大家已经耳熟能详的话,“全部西方哲学传统都是对柏拉图的一系列注脚”。怀特海的话并非夸大之辞,柏拉图的思想实质确实一直渗透在西方 Plato’s position in the history of Western philosophy is roughly equivalent to that of Confucius in the history of Chinese thought. Whitehead has said something that everyone is already familiar with. “All Western philosophy is a series of footnotes to Plato.” Whitehead’s words are not exaggerated, and Plato’s essence of thought has indeed infiltrated the West