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Laws

Name: Laws
Author: Plato
ISBN: 9780226829951

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An insightful commentary on Plato’s Laws, his complex final work. The Laws was Plato’s last work, his longest, and one of his most difficult. In contrast to the Republic, which presents an abstract ideal, the Laws appears to provide practical guidelines for the establishment and maintenance of political order in the real world. Classicist Seth Benardete offers a rich analysis of each of the twelve books of the Laws, which illuminates Plato’s major themes and arguments concerning theology, the so...

First published 1921406 pages

321.07

Category: Philosophy
Priority: Must-Read
Author works: 21
Editions known: 5

Classification

Dewey (DDC): 321.07
Library of Congress (LCC): B

Subjects

Children's fictionCriticism and interpretationEarly works to 1800Natural lawPhilosophyPolitical sciencePolitical science & theoryState, theThe StateUtopias

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ISBN 9780226829951English

DATE DUE

First published1921

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