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The Laws
Plato
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Description for The Laws
Paperback. Translator(s): Pangle, T.L. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 800.
The Laws, Plato's longest dialogue, has for centuries been recognized as the most comprehensive exposition of the practical consequences of his philosophy, a necessary corrective to the more visionary and utopian Republic. In this animated encounter between a foreign philosopher and a powerful statesman, not only do we see reflected, in Plato's own thought, eternal questions of the relation between political theory and practice, but we also witness the working out of a detailed plan for a new political order that embodies the results of Plato's mature reflection on the family, the status of women, property rights, criminal law, and ... Read more
The Laws, Plato's longest dialogue, has for centuries been recognized as the most comprehensive exposition of the practical consequences of his philosophy, a necessary corrective to the more visionary and utopian Republic. In this animated encounter between a foreign philosopher and a powerful statesman, not only do we see reflected, in Plato's own thought, eternal questions of the relation between political theory and practice, but we also witness the working out of a detailed plan for a new political order that embodies the results of Plato's mature reflection on the family, the status of women, property rights, criminal law, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226671109
SKU
V9780226671109
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