For reading, if you are really curious about some of this early history, I can recommend this book. It is "Mendeleev's Dream."

关于阅读，如果你们真的对,早期的历史很感兴趣的话，我向你们推荐这本书，叫做门捷列夫的梦想“

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In fact the title of the book that you will be reading part of for this semester Plato's Republic is actually a translation "POLITEA" of the Greek word politea that means constitution or regime.

事实上，本学期阅读书目中,你们将会读到的一部份,即柏拉图的《理想国》,书名其实是译自希腊文的,意即宪法或政体。

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