UID:
almahu_9947414283602882
Format:
1 online resource (viii, 245 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511781483 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Cambridge critical guides
Content:
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.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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The Laws' two projects /
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The relationship of the Laws to other dialogues: a proposal /
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Ordinary virtue from the Phaedo to the Laws /
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Virtue and law in Plato /
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Morality as law and morality in the Laws /
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Puppets on strings: moral psychology in Laws I and II /
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Psychology and the inculcation of virtue in Plato's Laws /
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Images of irrationality /
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Family and the question of women in the Laws /
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The theology of the Laws /
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Plato's 'truest tragedy': Laws VII, 817a-d /
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521884631
Language:
English
Keywords:
Aufsatzsammlung
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511781483
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