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Plato´s ´Laws´: A Critical Guide
(Edited By Christopher Bobonich)
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hardcover. This volume provides essays on the Laws, Plato's last dialogue and major work of political philosophy besides the Republic. Editor(s): Bobonich, Christopher. Series: Cambridge Critical Guides. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA; HPCA; HPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 546. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
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 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 ... Read more
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 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Cambridge Critical Guides
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521884631
SKU
KSG0032829
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About (Edited By Christopher Bobonich)
Christopher Bobonich is Professor of Philosophy and, by courtesy, Classics at Stanford University. He is the author of Plato's Utopia Recast (2002) and of a number of articles on the Laws and other aspects of Greek ethical and political theory.
Reviews for Plato´s ´Laws´: A Critical Guide
"...The quality and insight of the contributions are very high, and the range of addressed themes very broad...."
Diego De Brasi, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Bryn Mawr Classical Review "...a good paper on Plato’s moral psychology.... articulate and carefully reasoned work on the Timaeus is attributed to the Laws..."
Philosophy in Review, John Mouracade, University of Alaska ... Read more
Diego De Brasi, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Bryn Mawr Classical Review "...a good paper on Plato’s moral psychology.... articulate and carefully reasoned work on the Timaeus is attributed to the Laws..."
Philosophy in Review, John Mouracade, University of Alaska ... Read more