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Dr. Lili Zhang, graduated from University of Konstanz (2007), is a lecturer for western philosophy in the philosophy department of East China Normal University (Shanghai) since 2008. She worked mainly on themes in the history of philosophy, especially those involved in metaphysics, epistemology and ethics. In 2014 Hannah Arendt und Das Denken was published by a german publisher Königshausen & Neumannand. Since 2013 her interests focused mainly on ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, as well as comparative philosophy. Among the papers published, some endeavored to solve problems which raised a lot of discussions, such as“To whom the ‘Noble Lie’ Lies” (in: World Philosophy, 2013), “Did Plato really commit a fallacy in the Republic? A reply to David Sachs”(in: World Philosophy, 2014), “The Paradox of the Philosopher Kings ”(in: Thoughts and Culture, 2017), and “The Privitization of Power: a political problem in the Republic and Liyun Datong” (in: Thoughts and Culture, 2014).