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Description for Plato: Laws
Paperback. A new translation of Plato's Laws into accessible English, with essential introductory and other explanatory material. Editor(s): Schofield, Malcolm. Translator(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Plato's Laws is one of the most important surviving works of ancient Greek political thought. It offers sustained reflection on the enterprise of legislation, and on its role in the social and religious regulation of society in all its aspects. Many of its ideas were drawn upon by later political thinkers, from Aristotle and Cicero to Thomas More and Montesquieu. This book presents the first translation of the complete text of the Laws for thirty-five years, in Tom Griffith's readable and reliable English. Malcolm Schofield, a leading scholar of Greek philosophy, introduces the main themes and characteristics of the work, ... Read more
Plato's Laws is one of the most important surviving works of ancient Greek political thought. It offers sustained reflection on the enterprise of legislation, and on its role in the social and religious regulation of society in all its aspects. Many of its ideas were drawn upon by later political thinkers, from Aristotle and Cicero to Thomas More and Montesquieu. This book presents the first translation of the complete text of the Laws for thirty-five years, in Tom Griffith's readable and reliable English. Malcolm Schofield, a leading scholar of Greek philosophy, introduces the main themes and characteristics of the work, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Condition
New
Weight
701g
Number of Pages
504
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521676908
SKU
V9780521676908
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About Plato
Malcolm Schofield is Emeritus Professor of Ancient Philosophy and a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. He has been one of the leading scholars worldwide in the study of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy for the last forty years. His many publications in the field of ancient political thought include the path-breaking The Stoic Idea of the City (Cambridge, 1991), ... Read more
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