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Plato’s ’Laws’: A Critical Guide

By Christopher Bobonich

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2010
ISBN
0521884632, 9780521884631
LCC
JC71.P264 P53 2010
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1631725 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Critical Guides
Pages
255\255
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Long understudied, Plato's Laws has been the object of renewed attention in the past decade, and is now considered to be his major work of political philosophy besides the Republic. In his last dialogue, Plato returns to the project of describing the foundation of a just city and sketches in considerable detail its constitution, laws and other social institutions. Written by leading Platonists, these essays cover a wide range of topics central for understanding the Laws, such as the aim of the Laws as a whole, the ethical psychology of the Laws, especially its views of pleasure and non-rational motivations, and whether and, if so, how the strict law code of the Laws can encourage genuine virtue. They make an important contribution to ongoing debates and will open up fresh lines of inquiry for further research.

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