Plato: Laws
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Description
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…
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Key features
- An English translation of the Laws that combines accuracy with accessibility
- The accompanying introduction, notes, and analysis of the entire work present essential navigational aids
- An important resource for scholars, as well as graduate and undergraduate students of Greek philosophy and the history of political thought
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139020800
- Series Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
- Subjects Ancient Philosophy,Classical Studies,History,History of Ideas and Intellectual History,Politics and International Relations,Texts in Political Thought
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 27 October 2016
- ISBN: 9780521859653
- Dimensions (mm): 216 x 138 mm
- Weight: 0.79kg
- Page extent: 502 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 22 September 2016
- ISBN: 9780521676908
- Dimensions (mm): 216 x 138 mm
- Weight: 0.7kg
- Page extent: 504 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 28 May 2018
- ISBN: 9781139020800
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