Plato's 'Laws': A Critical Guide

Book Overview

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, the essays in this volume cover a wide range of topics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107658683
• ISBN13: 9781107658684
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"