Cambridge Texts in the History of Politi Plato: Laws, (Paperback)

from DanielSTJ

A fundamental Platonic text. It is ripe in its analysis and is extremely nuanced and complicated. Nevertheless, one does not fully understand the basis of Plato (or of ancient Greek society) without this.

from Lukerik

I love Plato, but I put off reading this for years because it just looked so dry. It isn't exactly dry. This may be down to the translation. I've looked into quite a few with a mixture of hope and horror. In the end I went for A E Taylor's (Everyman no. 275). Excellent introduction. The notes are...

from le.vert.galant

It's fascinating that Plato's final work abandons the lofty abstractions of The Symposium, Phædrus, and The Republic for a detailed legislative plan to establish a new colony in Crete. Socrates is absent as is the Theory of Forms. It's as if Plato chose to leave something concrete and practical a...

from le.vert.galant

It's fascinating that Plato's final work abandons the lofty abstractions of The Symposium, Phædrus, and The Republic for a detailed legislative plan to establish a new colony in Crete. Socrates is absent as is the Theory of Forms. It's as if Plato chose to leave something concrete and practical a...