Plato's Laws Force and Truth in Politics

Name: Plato's Laws Force and Truth in Politics
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ISBN: 9780253001825

ISBN-10: 025300182X

ISBN-13: 9780253001825

Edition: 2012

Authors: Gregory Recco, Eric Sanday

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Readers of Plato have often neglected the Laws because of its length and density. In this set of interpretive essays, notable scholars of the Laws from the fields of classics, history, philosophy, and political science offer a collective close reading of the dialogue "book by book" and reflect on the work as a whole. In their introduction, editors Gregory Recco and Eric Sanday explore the connections among the essays and the dramatic and productive exchanges between the contributors. This volume fills a major gap in studies on Plato's dialogues by addressing the cultural and historical context of the Laws and highlighting them as an important part of contemporary scholarship.

Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 2/18/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 258
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Gregory Recco is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at St. John's College.Eric Sanday is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky.



Acknowledgments


Introduction


Synopses



Reading the Laws as a Whole: Horizon, Vision, and Structure




"Epï¿½ï¿½ and the Laws in Historical Context



Readings



The Long and Winding Road: Impediments to Inquiry in Book 1 of the Laws




Education in Plato's Laws




On Beginning after the Beginning




It Is Difficult for a City with Good Laws to Come into Existence: On Book 4




"He Saw the Cities and He Knew the Minds of Many Men": Landscape and Character in the Odyssey and the Laws




On the Human and the Divine: Reading the Prelude in Plato's Laws 5




Being True to Equality: Human Allotment and the Judgment of Zeus




The "Serious Play" of Book 7 of Plato's Laws




No Country for Young Men: Eros as Outlaw in Plato's Laws




On the Implications of Human Mortality: Legislation, Education, and Philosophy in Book 9 of Plato's Laws




"A Soul Superlatively Natural": Psychic Excess in Laws 10




Property and Impiety in Plato's Laws: Books 11 and 12



Bibliography


Contributors


Index