Plato's 'Laws': A Critical Guide (Bobonich - paperback)

Author: Christopher Bobonich

File under: Plato

ISBN: 9781107658684

Binding: paperback

Section: Philosophy/Rhetoric/Logic

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, and whether and, if so, how the strict law code of the Laws can encourage genuine virtue.