Zhimeng LIN, Professor, Ph.D. Supervisor, Department of Philosophy, Zhejiang University

Room 620, School of Humanities, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou City 310058, Zhejiang Province

Email: zhimenglin@zju.edu.cn

Research Interests: Greek Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Legal Philosophy, Classics, Religion

Education and Professional Employment:

2019.12-          Professor, Ph.D Supervisor, Department of Philosophy, Zhejiang University

2015.12-2019.11   Associate Professor, Ph.D Supervisor, Department of Philosophy, Zhejiang University

2014.7- 2015.11  Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Zhejiang University

2012-2014  Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Philosophy, Zhejiang University

2013-2014  Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Greek and Latin, University College London

2009-2012  Ph.D in Classical Poetics, School of Liberal Arts, Renmin University ofChina

2007-2009  M.A. in Religion Studies, Department of Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen  University

Books:

1. Zhimeng Lin, The Philosophical Foundation of Legislation: A Research, Translation and Commentary on Plato's Laws (3 Volumes), Shanghai: East China Normal University Press, 2019.

2. Zhimeng Lin, The Piety of Legislator-Philosopher: A Commentary on Plato’s Laws X. Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, 2015.

3. Zhimeng Lin, Plato’s Minos: Translation with an Interpretative Essay. Beijing: Huaxia Publishing House, 2010.

4. Zhimeng Lin ed., The Theology of the Legislator: an Interpretation of Plato’s Laws X. Lin Zhimeng ed. Beijing: Huaxia Publishing House, 2013.

5. Zhimeng Lin ed.,Legislation and Virtue: A Reading of Plato’s Laws, Beijing: Huaxia Publishing House, 2019.

6.Zhimeng Lin ed., Research in Classics III: Nietzsche on Modern Scholars. Shanghai: East China Normal University Press, 2019.

 7. Zhimeng Lin ed., Research in Classics I: Classical Philosophy and Nomos. Shanghai: East China Normal University Press, 2018.

Articles:

     1. “The Problem of Socrates in Nietzsche,” in Monthly of Review of Philosophy and

       Culture(Taiwan) Vol. 45, No.2(2018): 23-40.  A&HCI

     2. “Law and Justice in Plato’s Laws,” in Jiangxi Social Science, No.2, 2017.

     3. “The Concept of Eros of the Comic Poet in Plato’s Symposium,” in Humanities & Social Sciences Journal of Hainan University, Vol. 35, (No.3, 2017).

     4. “The Myth of the Soul in Plato’s Laws”, in Reflections on Plato’s Poetics, Rick Benitez ed. Academic Printing and Publishing, 2016.

     5、“Plato’s Mythopoetry,” in Zhe Jiang Academic Journal 3(2015):75-81.

     6、“ Plato’s Kinematics and Doctrine of Soul,” in Journal of Dialectics of Nature Vol. 36, No.2, 2014: 14-18.

     7、“ The Psychology and Theology in Plato's Laws,” in Monthly of Review of Philosophy and

       Culture(Taiwan) Vol. 40, No.11(2013): 19-36.   A&HCI

     8、“How to Make Poetry Correctly? A Quarrel Between Poets and Legislators in Plato,” in Thinking Vol.39, No.1(2013): 64-68.

     9、 “The Theology in Plato's Laws,” in The Chinese Journal of Classical Studies(Hongkong), Vol.3, No.4(Win., 2012): 1-18.

     10、“ Nature and Art: An Analysis of the Criticism of Natural Philosophy in Plato’s Laws,” in Studies in Dialectics of Nature Vol.28, No.10 (Oct., 2012): 88-93.

     11、“The Theology of the Poets: the Poetic Criticism in Plato’s Laws,” in Journal of Hainan University(Humanities & Social Sciences), Vol.30 , No.5(Oct., 2012): 2-7.

     12、“The Courage of the Sophist: an Interpretation of Plato’s Protagoras 349d-351b,” in Journal of Lanzhou University(Social Sciences) , Vol.40 , No.2 (Mar., 2012): 27-32.

    13、“The Dialogists in the Plato’s Laws,” in Seeking Truth Vol.39, No.2 (Mar., 2012): 16-19.

     14、“Ignorance and Impiety: A Reading of Plato’s Laws X 885e7-886e2, ” in The Chinese Journal of Classical Studies(Hongkong), Vol.2, No.4(Win., 2011): 23-40.

    15、“Prince Hamlet and the Ghost,” in The Chinese Journal of Classical Studies Vol.1, No.3(Sep., 2010): 67-79.

    16、“ Educating the Legislator: the Myth in Plato’s Minos,” in The Chinese Journal of Classical Studies Vol.1, No.1(Spr., 2010): 79-89.

Translations:

Translating 11 articles (from English to Chinese, about 200,000 words), in Liu Xiaofeng ed. Commentarii Versuum et Prosarum Antiquarum. Beijing: Huaxia Publishing House, 2009; Vico and the Quarrel of the Ancients and Moderns. Beijing: Huaxia Publishing House, 2008.

Honours:

1. The Piety of Legislator-Philosopher: A Study on Plato’s Laws X (Dong's Fund of Literature, History and Philosophy Research Prize, Zhejiang University, Second Prize, 2016 )

2. “Puyizi Award for Classic Scholarship” (Sun Yat-sen  University, 2009);

3. “Excellent Master’s Thesis of Guangdong Province” (The Department of Education of Guangdong  Province, 2010);

4. “Excellent Dissertation of Renmin University of China” (Renmin University of China, 2013)

Research Programs:

1. “A Research, Translation and Commentary on Plato's Dialogues of Virtues”(Sponsored by National Social Science Foundation, 2019)

2. “A Research on Plato's thought of Legal Philosophy” (Sponsored by National Social Science Foundation, 2015)

3. “A Research on Plato's Laws：with a Translation”(Sponsored by the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry, 2015)

4. “A Research on Plato's View of Law”(Sponsored by the Social Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, 2015)

5. “A Research on Plato's thought of Nature and Nomos”(Particular Project funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2013)

   6. “A Research on the Quarrel Between Philosophy and Theology in Plato” (Sponsored by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2012)

Editorship:

    1. The Chinese Journal of Classical Studies (Hong Kong), Associate Editor-in-Chief

    2. “Western Thoughts of Nature Series", East China Normal University Press, Editor-in-Chief

    3. “Research in Classics”(4 issues per year), Executive Editor-in-Chief