Plato's 'Laws' by Christopher Bobonich

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This volume provides essays on the Laws, Plato's last dialogue and major work of political philosophy besides the Republic. The essays cover a wide range of topics in the Laws, including political and ethical philosophy, psychology, theology and aesthetics. It will interest philosophers, classicists and political theorists.

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Plato's 'Laws' by Christopher Bobonich

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 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.
"..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 Anchorage
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.
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ISBN 13 9780521884631
ISBN 10 0521884632
Title Plato's 'Laws'
Author Christopher Bobonich
Series Cambridge Critical Guides
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 2010-11-11
Number of pages 254
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