Author: PlatoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Plato, with an English Translation: The laws
Author: PlatoPlato, with an English Translation: The laws
Author: PlatoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Plato: Laws 10
Author: PlatoPublisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN: 0199225966
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Book 10 of the Laws sets out Plato's last thoughts on the gods, piety, and religion. Robert Mayhew presents a new English translation of this important text with a detailed commentary that highlights its philosophical, political, and religious significance.
Plato, with an English Translation: The laws
Author: PlatoLaws
Author: PlatoPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 573
Book Description
The Laws is Plato's last, longest, and perhaps, most famous work. It presents a conversation on political philosophy between three elderly men: an unnamed Athenian, a Spartan named Megillus, and a Cretan named Clinias. They worked to create a constitution for Magnesia, a new Cretan colony that would make all of its citizens happy and virtuous. In this work, Plato combines political philosophy with applied legislation, going into great detail concerning what laws and procedures should be in the state. For example, they consider whether drunkenness should be allowed in the city, how citizens should hunt, and how to punish suicide. The principles of this book have entered the legislation of many modern countries and provoke a great interest of philosophers even in the 21st century.
Plato with an English translation
Author: PlatoAn Introduction to Plato's Laws
Author: R. F. StalleyPublisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 9780915145843
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Reading the Republic without reference to the less familiar Laws can lead to a distorted view of Plato's political theory. In the Republic the philosopher describes his ideal city; in his last and longest work he deals with the more detailed considerations involved in setting up a second-best 'practical utopia.' The relative neglect of the Laws has stemmed largely from the obscurity of its style and the apparent chaos of its organization so that, although good translations now exist, students of philosophy and political science still find the text inaccessible. This first full-length philosophical introduction to the Laws will therefore prove invaluable. The opening chapters describe the general character of the dialogue and set it in the context of Plato's political philosophy as a whole. Each of the remaining chapters deals with a single topic, ranging over material scattered through the text and so drawing together the threads of the argument in a stimulating and readily comprehensible way. Those topics include education, punishment, responsibility, religion, virtue and pleasure as well as political matters and law itself. Throughout, the author encourages the reader to think critically about Plato's ideas and to see their relevance to present-day philosophical debate. No knowledge of Greek is required and only a limited background in philosophy. Although aimed primarily at students, the book will also be of interest to more advanced readers since it provides for the first time a philosophical, as opposed to linguistic or historical, commentary on the Laws in English.
Plato
Author: PlatonPlato, with an English Translation by R.G.Bury X: Laws, in 2 Vols: V.II.
Author: PlatoThe Argument and the Action of Plato's Laws
Author: Leo StraussPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226776989
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
The posthumous publication of THE ARGUMENT AND THE ACTION OF PLATO'S "LAWS" was compiled shortly before the death of Leo Strauss in 1973. Strauss offers an insightful and instructive reading through careful probing of Plato's classic text. "Thorough and provocative, an important addition to Plato scholarship".--LIBRARY JOURNAL.
