本課程旨在引導哲學之初學者閱讀西方哲學名著原典，培養其閱讀暨分析哲學文本之能力，以為將來深入學習西方哲學奠定基礎。

This course aims to guide beginners in philosophy to read the original classics of Western philosophy, cultivate their ability to read and analyze philosophical texts, and lay the foundation for in-depth study of Western philosophy in the future.

本課程是透過對西洋哲學家著作之閱讀，讓同學對基本的哲學問題有所認識，並培養學生之思考習慣及鍛鍊其推理能力。除理論介紹之外，引導同學閱讀文本，增進其分析文本的能力。

This course enables students to gain an understanding of basic philosophical issues through reading the works of Western philosophers, and develops students' thinking habits and exercises their reasoning abilities. In addition to theoretical introduction, students are guided to read texts and improve their ability to analyze texts.

1. 柏拉圖，《理想國篇：譯注與詮釋》，徐學庸譯，台北：台灣商務，2009年。
2. 柏拉圖，《國家篇》，王曉朝譯，台北：左岸出版社，2009年。(或《柏拉圖全集》第二卷，王曉朝譯，台北：左岸出版社，2003年)
3. Plato, Republic, translated by Paul Shorey, in: The Collected Dialogues of Plato - including the Letters (pp.575-845), edited by Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns. Princton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1963.
4. 笛卡兒，《方法導論、沉思錄》，錢志純、黎惟東譯，台北：志文出版社，1984年。(或《沉思錄》，錢志純譯，台北：志文出版社，2004年。)
5. Rene Descartes, Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, translated by Donald A. Cress. 4th Edition. Indianapolis: Hackett Pub., 1999.

1. Plato, "The Republic: Translation Notes and Interpretations", translated by Xu Xueyong, Taipei: Taiwan Business, 2009.
2. Plato, "The State", translated by Wang Xiaochao, Taipei: Left Bank Publishing House, 2009. (Or Volume 2 of "The Complete Works of Plato", translated by Wang Xiaochao, Taipei: Left Bank Publishing House, 2003)
3. Plato, Republic, translated by Paul Shorey, in: The Collected Dialogues of Plato - including the Letters (pp.575-845), edited by Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns. Princton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1963.
4. Descartes, "Introduction to Method, Meditations", translated by Qian Zhichun and Li Weidong, Taipei: Zhiwen Publishing House, 1984. (Or "Meditations", translated by Qian Zhichun, Taipei: Zhiwen Publishing House, 2004.)
5. Rene Descartes, Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, translated by Donald A. Cress. 4th Edition. Indianapolis: Hackett Pub., 1999.