| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 245 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge critical guides
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Cambridge critical guides.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-241) and index. |
| Summary |
"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, especially its views of pleasure and non-rational motivations, and whether and, if so, how the strict law code of the Laws can encourage genuine virtue. They make an important contribution to ongoing debates and will open up fresh lines of inquiry for further research"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Laws' two projects / Malcolm Schofield -- Relationship of the Laws to other dialogues: a proposal / Christopher Rowe -- Ordinary virtue from the Phaedo to the Laws / Richard Kraut -- Virtue and law in Plato / Julia Annas -- Morality as law and morality in the Laws / Terence Irwin -- Puppets on strings: moral psychology in Laws I and II / Dorothea Frede -- Psychology and the inculcation of virtue in Plato's Laws / Rachana Kamtekar -- Images of irrationality / Christopher Bobonich -- Family and the question of women in the Laws / Thanassis Samaras -- Theology of the Laws / Robert Mayhew -- Plato's 'truest tragedy': Laws VII, 817a-d / André Laks. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Plato. Laws.
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Laws (Plato) |
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State, The.
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State, The. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bobonich, Christopher.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Plato's "Laws". Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521884631 (DLC) 2010038967 (OCoLC)651077922 |
| ISBN |
9780511919121 (electronic book) |
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0511919123 (electronic book) |
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9780521884631 |
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0521884632 |
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