Laws of Plato

Name: Laws of Plato
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ISBN: 9780226671109

ISBN-10: 0226671100

ISBN-13: 9780226671109

Edition: 1988

Authors: Plato, Thomas L. Pangle, Thomas L. Pangle, Plato

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The Laws, Plato's longest dialogue, has for centuries been recognized as the most comprehensive exposition of the practical consequences of his philosophy, a necessary corrective to the more visionary and utopian Republic. In this animated encounter between a foreign philosopher and a powerful statesman, not only do we see reflected, in Plato's own thought, eternal questions of the relation between political theory and practice, but we also witness the working out of a detailed plan for a new political order that embodies the results of Plato's mature reflection on the family, the status of women, property rights, criminal law, and the role of religion and the fine arts in a healthy…

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List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 3/15/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.98" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English

Plato was an ancient philosopher and the founder of the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.

Thomas L. Pangle is the Joe R. Long Chair in Democratic Studies in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author or editor of numerous books.



Translator's Preface THE LAWS




































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