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    Plato's Laws
    Force and Truth in Politics

    Gregory Recco (Edited by), Eric Sanday (Edited by), Robert D. Metcalf (Contributions by), Mark Munn (Contributions by), Mitchell Miller (Contributions by), David Roochnik (Contributions by), Patricia Fagan (Contributions by), John Russon (Contributions by), Francisco J. Gonzalez (Contributions by), Eric Salem (Contributions by), Sara Brill (Contributions by), Catherine H. Zuckert (Contributions by), Michael Zuckert (Contributions by)

    9780253001825

    Paperback / softback, published 18 February 2013

    258 pages
    22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.363 kg

    This volume fills a major gap in studies on Plato's dialogues by addressing the cultural and historical context of the Laws and highlighting their importance to contemporary scholarship.

    (PhilPapers)

    The collection as a whole is characterized by a significant degree of cohesion . . . The contributors engage with one another's arguments, and there are frequent cross-references that help the reader follow the nuances of relevant scholarly debates.2/28/14

    (Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews)

    [T]he collection [is] interesting and thought provoking. In particular, it draws attention to sections of the dialogue that are easily overlooked and usefully highlights the role of contingent factors in Plato's political thought.

    (International Journal of the Platonic Tradition)

    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 their importance to contemporary scholarship.

    Introduction
    1. On Reading the Laws as a Whole: Horizon, Vision, and Structure
    Mitchell Miller
    2. 'E and the Laws in Historical Context
    Mark Munn
    3. The Long and Winding Road: Impediments to Inquiry in Book One of the Laws
    Eric Salem
    4. Education in Plato's Laws
    John Russon
    5. On Beginning after the Beginning
    John Sallis
    6. It is Difficult for a City with Good Laws to Come into Existence: On Book 4
    Michael Zuckert
    7. "He Saw the Cities and He Knew the Minds of Many Men": Landscape and Character in the Odyssey and the Laws
    Patricia Fagan
    8. On the Human and the Divine: Reading the Prelude in Plato's Laws 5
    Robert Metcalf
    9. Being True to Equality: Human Allotment and the Judgment of Zeus
    Greg Recco
    10. The 'Serious Play' of Book 7 of Plato's Laws
    David Roochnik
    11. No Country for Young Men: Eros as Outlaw in Plato's Laws
    Francisco Gonzalez
    12. On the Implications of Human Mortality: Legislation, Education, and Philosophy in Book 9 of Plato's Laws
    Catherine Zuckert
    13. 'A Soul Superlatively Natural': Psychic Excess in Laws 10
    Sara Brill
    14. Property and Impiety in Plato's Laws: Books 11 & 12
    Eric Sanday
    Bibliography
    List of Contributors
    Index
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