Plato: Laws 10

by Robert Mayhew

The Laws is Plato's last and longest dialogue. Although it has been neglected (compared to such works as the Republic and Symposium), it is beginning to receive a great deal of scholarly attention. Book 10 of the Laws contains Plato's fullest defence of the existence of the gods, and his last word on their nature, as well as a presentation and defence of laws against impiety (e.g. atheism). Plato's primary aim is to defend the idea that the gods exist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199694729
• ISBN13: 9780199694723
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"